Deputy asks questions about teaching concerns

Wednesday 20 April 2022

A States’ deputy is asking questions after hearing anecdotal reports of teachers leaving jobs in States’ schools.

Gavin St Pier has asked seven rule 14 questions, trying to identify what is going on and how normal it is.

“I had received a number of anecdotal reports and concerns from members of the public about the movements within the teaching profession in the States’ sector,” he said.

“The questions are seeking to identify how normal that is, whether there is anything different about what may be going on this year versus any previous years, and if it is different, why is it different; what are the reasons or concerns any teachers may have.”

In recent weeks, I’ve received a number of anecdotal reports of disgruntled secondary school teachers leaving States’ schools, so I’ve submitted a number of questions to Education to establish facts and better understand situation (e.g. comparisons with prior years etc.) pic.twitter.com/iJ3L7YSQt8

— Gavin St Pier ???????? (@gavinstpier) April 14, 2022

Pictured: Deputy St Pier has submitted these questions to the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture.

Deputy St Pier continued: “I’m not in any way pre-judging the answers – it is simply trying to establish the facts so we’re better informed about what may be going on within the profession.”

He asked specifically about the possibility of teachers migrating across from States’ schools to one of the three grant-aided colleges.

“Historically there has always been a movement both to and from – between grant aided and the states sector, there’s nothing new about that,” he said.

“But it’s about trying to understand the scale of that, and whether again its shifted in any way or increased. The next question would then be why teachers feel like they might be better off in that sector.”

He submitted the questions on 13 April and ESC have fifteen days to reply.