Student teachers may be offered "salaries" to forestall a recruitment crisis
Student teachers may be offered "salaries" to forestall a recruitment crisis. Senior officials at the Department for Education have discussed back-dating part of a qualified teacher's salary.
The National Association of Head Teachers will propose such a scheme in its evidence to the review body on teachers' pay. Applications for teacher training have fallen sharply this year.
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