According to a survey by the National Union of Teachers, just over half of teachers aged under 35 plan on staying in the profession for more than five years.
At an annual conference in Manchester, the NASUWT teachers’ union heard that regulation is needed in order to stem exploitation of staff and the cost to the taxpayer.
Twenty-two per cent of education staff believes that pupils have been subjected to hate crime or hate speech while at school in the last academic year.