Foreign teachers are being offered an extra £10,000 to come and work in Britain

Foreign teachers are being offered an extra £10,000 to come and work in Britain in bid to fill classroom vacancies.

The Department for Education has begun to offer ‘international relocation payments’ to overseas physics and language teachers to cover visa and moving expenses, according to the Times. 

Officials expect between 300 and 400 payments to be made teachers to start in the next academic year in September. 

Eligible teachers must have a degree, recognised teacher-training qualifications, at least a year’s experience and the ability to speak English to undergraduate level. 

Under current rules, teachers are granted visas to work in Britain if they have a job offer and earn a minimum salary based on their role – usually at least £27,000.  

Ministers are also planning to introduce new rules making it easier to recognise teaching qualifications from certain countries. 

Foreign teachers are being offered an extra £10,000 to come and work in Britain in bid to fill classroom vacancies

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Ghana, India, Singapore, Jamaica, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe are set to benefit as they are considered to have historical education links to Britain as well as teachers interested in coming here. 

The move would give them equal footing to those with qualifications from Europe, Australia and New Zealand looking to come to Britain. 

Ministers could also expand the scheme to include other countries and subjects if it is successful. 

The Department for Education said: ‘In March we launched a one-year trial offering no more than 400 of the very best teachers from around the world the opportunity to teach in our schools.

‘This is one of many options we are exploring to ensure there is an excellent teacher for every child.’

It comes as teacher numbers across the UK are beginning to fall, with fewer than half the targeted number of trainee secondary teachers due to start this autumn.

Subjects including biology, history, Classics and PE are the only ones on track to meet government targets, according the National Foundation for Educational Research.

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