Gavin Beart, Divisional Managing Director at REED Education told Express.co.uk that a “perfect storm” of teacher shortages triggered by Brexit work requirements had gone unnoticed because of COVID-19. He claimed the situation had also contributed to the teacher shortage crisis over the spread of the Omicron variant which saw a record shortage of 47,000 school staff off in one day in January.
He said that while there are “some other issues going on” in relation to COVID-19 impacting staffing levels – “Brexit is one of them”.
The teaching expert added how the full impact of Brexit “has gone under the radar because of Covid” as he explained the brain drain out of the UK from teachers who have picked up their bags and left the country.
Mr Beeart explained: “Lots of overseas trained teachers have gone from the marketplace.
“We had a good flow of European teachers, especially in areas such as London.”
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Gavin Beart, Divisional Managing Director at REED Education told
