Lured by competitive salaries and a warmer climate, newly qualified teachers are heading to the Gulf, the far east and beyond, says Sir Michael Wilshaw Kindergarden pupils at Jumeirah primary school in Dubai. Photograph: Stephanie Kuykendal/Corbis The staffing crisis in schools is being exacerbated by an exodus of newly qualified teachers who are “flocking abroad” to work in the rapidly …

Lured by competitive salaries and a warmer climate, newly qualified teachers are heading to the Gulf, the far east and beyond, says Sir Michael Wilshaw Kindergarden pupils at Jumeirah primary school in Dubai. Photograph: Stephanie Kuykendal/Corbis The staffing crisis in schools is being exacerbated by an exodus of newly qualified teachers who are “flocking abroad” to work in the rapidly …