Teaching

Teaching is more than just a career – If you’re looking for a job that’s completely out of the ordinary, and you’re not afraid of a challenge, this could be the profession for you! If you ask most potential teachers “why do you want to become a teacher,” they’ll mention the ability to make a real difference in students’ lives. There’s nothing quite like seeing the spark of understanding on a child’s face as a lesson “clicks” for them.

Different areas of teaching?

Which area are you keen on:

Primary

Secondary

Further

Higher

Labour Market Information- Teaching

The secondary school system is facing a supply challenge over the next decade. This means that there will be more desire for people to train to be teachers so that these gaps can be filled.
The primary school leaving rate for teachers has increased, meaning that there may be more vacancies in this sector in the future.
Particular teaching shortages can be found in Languages, Maths and the Sciences. Currently only two subjects, English and Biology, have excess teaching capacity across the UK.
Teacher's pay in recent year has halted a decade long real terms decrease, meaning teachers wages are now rising in real terms.
As a newly qualified teacher, you’ll begin on a salary of at least £24,373, or £30,480 in inner London. As you rise up the pay ranges, you could earn as much as £121,749 as a headteacher, in inner London. You are also enrolled on the Teacher's Pension Scheme.
There are currently 428,100 classroom teachers in the UK, along with 49,500 members of leadership teams and 22,400 headteachers or CEOs.
In 2018, around three-quarters of school teachers were women. In every ethnic group, there were more female than male teachers.
15% of teachers in the UK come from an ethnic minority background.
In Redbridge, 12.8% of people work in Education, compared to 8.9% nationally.

Routes into teaching and university courses in Education. Featuring Bishop Grosseteste University and Plymouth Marjon University.

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