Bridget Phillipson spoke to the Observer about offering more flexibility in the profession.

Teachers in the UK should be permitted to work from home to improve the recruitment and retention crisis in the profession, the Education Secretary has said.

Bridget Phillipson said all state school teachers should be allowed to work away from the classroom when marking, lesson planning and performing pupil assessment, the Observer reported.

It comes after figures published last month from a “working lives of teachers and leaders” survey showed 47% of participants were considering........

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