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Nearly half of teachers say number of unfilled positions has worsened
A primary school teacher looking stressed next to piles of classroom books

NEARLY half of teachers in England have seen the number of teaching posts left unfilled or temporarily filled increase over the past year, a poll suggests.

More than 70 per cent said that staff absence due to sickness had increased in their workplace over the last year, according to the survey of National Education Union (NEU) members.

Most reported the rate of staff leaving their workplace has risen in that time.

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