Why has there been a 'catastrophic drop' in teacher trainee numbers?

Hello and welcome back to the tes news podcast. This week reporter Matilda Martin is joined by Jack Worth, school workforce lead at the National Foundation for Educational Research, to get his expert opinion after new DfE stats revealed the government missed 13 out of its 17 teacher trainee targets this year. And Senior Editor Grainne Hallahan joins Joshua Morris to discuss why CPD and SEND should remain top of the funding priority list. The full articles discussed today can all be found on our website tes.com/magazineRevealed: The ‘catastrophic’ drop in teacher trainee numbersDfE fails to hit primary teacher trainee target The SEND system is broken - and the new DfE funding won’t fix itWhy schools can’t afford to stop funding CPD