Sandy 4 St Albans » teacher shortages http://sandy4stalbans.org/blog Sandy Walkington campaigns with the Liberal Democrats across St Albans Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:29:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Ashes to ashes http://sandy4stalbans.org/blog/2010/04/19/ashes-to-ashes/ http://sandy4stalbans.org/blog/2010/04/19/ashes-to-ashes/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:16:16 +0000 sandy http://sandy4stalbans.org/blog/?p=1545 Our skies may be unusually quiet and clear of aircraft but many local people will have found themselves stranded at their holiday destinations after the Easter break.  I am particularly concerned at the impact on Year 11-13 students facing GCSE, AS and A2 exams in a few weeks if key teachers are missing.

Of course there are pupils as well who have gone on school trips and are now stranded.  But the impacts will be bigger on whole school communities if teachers are trapped at their holiday destinations and unable to return home.

Today is an INSET day for some schools but then the scale of any problem will quickly become clear. The Easter break is a popular one for teacher holidays – there are bound to be gaps and shortages.

I just hope that Hertfordshire County Council is doing an urgent audit of the situation.  If it looks like flight bans are going to continue for a number of days, they may need to put out a call for teachers (with current valid CRB clearances) who are not currently working to get in touch with the council to see where they might be needed.

I hope too that no pupils have to be sent home, but priority must be given to keeping teaching and revision classes going for those facing exams in a few short weeks, with language orals being a particular concern.

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