Teachers to 'face sack sooner'
Schools are to be given tough new powers to weed out incompetent teachers under Government plans to drive up education standards.
How are poor teachers dealt with?
- 740 teachers were accused of inadequacy over the past 18 months according to a survey of 82 Local Education Authorities.
- The figure that would equate to almost 1,600 if repeated across England and Wales.
- During the same period heads sacked just 154 teachers in the 82 LEAs surveyed, equal to 327 across the country or about four a week over the last year and a half.
- The figures, released in December 2011, were obtained through an FOI request
- Education experts said excessive red tape and the strength of teaching unions mean it is too hard to sack underperforming staff.
- Instead many schools encourage poor teachers to move to other schools, ensuring they remain in the classroom "year after year", it was claimed.
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