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School budgets have been tight for years, but 2025 is shaping up to be especially challenging. Rising costs, funding pressures, and changes to staffing needs are forcing headteachers to make difficult decisions, and that includes how they recruit non-teaching and support staff.
When people think about working in education, they often picture teachers at the front of a classroom. But schools can’t run on teachers alone. Behind every lesson there’s an entire network of people keeping things moving – from administrators and site managers to teaching assistants and IT technicians.
Not every vital role in education happens inside a classroom – and that’s exactly why I do what I do.