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Written question asked by Gloria De Piero (Labour) on Thursday, 21 July 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 September 2016 (named day). It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 5 September 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Teachers: Vacancies

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce a government-run website for the purpose of advertising teacher vacancies so as to reduce the cost for schools of advertising such vacancies.

Answer

In the March 2016 white paper, ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’, the Department announced the following intention: “To reduce costs of recruitment for schools in a more challenging labour market, we will create simple web tools to enable schools to advertise vacancies more easily and a new, free national teacher vacancy website so that aspiring and current teachers can find posts quickly and easily – transforming the current system and reducing the burden on schools when budgets are tight”.

Following the white paper publication, the Department has begun to deliver this in the way that meets the needs of schools and teachers and offers best value for money for the taxpayer.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
43804
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Internet Teachers Vacancies
Link
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