Ɖ Gardịn vy on tīćrśorṭjz: pe mst g p, n wrclod dǎn
Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 19 June 2023
Rcrūtmnt n rtnśn probḷmz r harmñ ćildṛn’z lrnñ. Ministrz hv feld t act
Munde, 19 Jūn 2023
A stafñcrîsis in Ñgliś scūlz ɖt hz bn bildñ fr a deced śoz no sîn v īzñ. Ɖ numbr v vecnt posts incrist bî 44% btwn 2021 n 2022. Wn in for ny tīćrz līvz ɖ pṛfeśn wɖn ʈri yirz. Ɖ hedtīćr v wn secnḍri scūl dscrîbz trayñ t fil sm rǒlz az “advtîzñ fr a yṇcorn”. Īvn in Ñgliś, ẃr rcrūtmnt hz tṛdiśṇli bn īzịr ɖn in maʈs or sayns – ẃr scūlz fes comṗtiśn fṛm hayr-peyñ prîṿt-sectr imployrz – ɖr r śorṭjz. Growñ numbrz v pyplz r tòt bî stāf wɖt xṗtīz in ɖ subjict.
Ɖs śd b a sors v pṛfǎnd cnsrn, n olso śem, in guvnmnt. It z ministrz’ job t oṿsi stetscūlz. Ɖe r rsponsbl fr a sićueśn in ẃć bcmñ n rmenñ a tīćr hv bcm les atractiv. Jiłn Cīgn z ɖ sevnʈ edyceśnsecṛtri in fîv yirz. It dz nt apir ɖt eni v ɖm hv graspt ɖ probḷm. Wɖt tīćrz, tīćñ canot tec ples. Ɖ dificltiz r most svir in dis’dvantijd scūlz n eriaz, mīnñ ɖt atenmntgaps cn b xpctd t incris.
Ɖr z no gret misṭri abt cōzz. In 2019, aftr rcrūtmnțargits hd bn míst fr six yirz in a ro, ɖ guvnmnt anǎnst planz t rmuv barịrz t part-tîm tīćñ, n rdys ɖ wrclodz ɖt r rpitidli sáitd az a rīzn ẃ tīćrz qit. Ẃr brṣriz wr intṛdyst t fund trenñ in sm subjicts, śorṭjz īzd of (ɖz r biyñ bròt bac fr Ñgliś ɖs yir). Bt pe rmenz tù lo, aftr yirz v frizz n bujitcuts, n ɖs yir’z aṿrij rîz v 5% wz onli haf ɖ ret v infleśn (n lowr ɖn incrisz in Scotḷnd n Wêlz).
Ɖ preśrz rmen intns. Tīćrz r sbjctd t a form v inspx́n, in Ofsted, ɖt z nt fest bî uɖr pṛfeśnlz. Ɖ inspctṛt’s rspons t ɖ rīsnt deʈ v ɖ hedtīćr Ruʈ Peri wz nt sfiśnt t ale cnsrnz abt unmaniɉbl stres. Scūlz cǒp wɖ a hyj renj v iśuz, fṛm sx́l haṛsmnt n bŭliyñ, t ɖ dificltiz ɖt sm ćildṛn brñ wɖ ɖm fṛm hom. In a contxt ẃr sośl cer, speśl nīdz n mntl hlʈcer ʈreśholdz hv ol bn rezd bî caunslz, smtmz scūlz r ɖ onli plesz ẃr faṃliz fīl ɖe cn trn fr hlp – or oflod fṛstreśn. Gvn ɖt ɖ YC hz a yungr tīćñ wrcfors ɖn most cmpaṛbl cuntriz, it z unṣprîzñ ɖt sm bcm oṿẃlmd ẃn forst t asym rsponsbiḷtiz fr ẃć ɖe r nt redi. Tīćñ olso lacs ɖ flexbiḷti, n opśnz fr homwrcñ, ɖt uɖr grajụt imployrz incrisñli ofr.
In rleśn t Ñgliś, sṗsificli, ɖ śortij v tīćrz z linct t fōlñ numbrz lrnñ ɖ subjict. A-levl entriz r dǎn t 54,000 fṛm 90,000 in 2012, n hir, tù, ministrz r partli t blem. Ɖer rformz stript crịtivti n criticl ʈncñ ǎt v ɖ c’rikḷm, ptiklrli at JSSE levl, ẃl reṭric abt ɖ importns v Stem subjicts, ispeṣ́li maʈs, rdyst ɖ steṭs v uɖr subjicts – īvn f ɖs wz unintndd. Rùts intu tīćrtrenñ hv olso bcm mor compḷcetd.
Ɖ denjr z ɖt probḷmz bcm slf-riinforsñ, az ɖ ćrn in stāf mcs scūlz les stebl plesz. Bt pe n wrcñcndiśnz mst b impruvd f w wont ćildṛn t ʈrîv. Ɖ Cnsrṿtivz’ rīsnt aproć t scūlz, includñ Boris Jonsn’z rfyzl t fund a rec̣mndd pandemic-rcuṿri pacij, hz bn neglijnt. Ɖ damij wl tec tîm t rper. At a minimm, Mz Cīgn śd publiś ɖ rport v ɖ indipndnt pe-rvy bodi, az yńnz hv rqstd, n pres ɖ Treẓ́ri t fund ɖ rec̣mndd 6.5% incris.
