The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has warned that increasingly high rents in London is forcing teachers out of the capital, risking the success of its schools.

England urgently needs to recruit good leaders for its schools says Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw.

The teaching recruitment crisis is being exacerbated by a large number of teachers opting to work abroad, Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned.

According to research conducted by the University of Loughborough, students who achieve a B in A-level maths today would only have secured an E in the 1960s.

The Researchers in Schools programme has seen some success in recruiting PHD graduates into the teaching profession with the promise of a four day week.

Only 28 ex-servicemen have retrained to become qualified teachers as part of the Troops to Teachers scheme.

Oil and gas workers in the North Sea industry who become unemployed as a result of the industry’s downturn could be given the chance to retrain as teachers.