TEACHER shortages are continuing at an Inverclyde secondary school — three months after a whistleblower claimed there is a staffing ‘crisis’.
Notre Dame High has had to re-advertise two positions within the English department after earlier failing to fill the vacancies in October.
The school is still on the lookout for one permanent teacher and one temporary member of staff to plug gaps.
Back in October, the Tele revealed how the English department at the Dunlop Street school was operating with less than half the number of teachers it should have.
A source said the situation had reached ‘crisis point’ with only three staff in post, including the head of department, instead of eight.
The head teacher issued a letter to parents about the ‘difficulties’ and admitted that the English department had been ‘badly affected’.
Mums and dads were also told there would not be enough teachers on hand at a parents night to speak to them.
A new principal teacher has since been appointed but other vacancies have proved more difficult to fill.
Inverclyde Council bosses have blamed the recruitment problems on a national teacher shortage.
But education chiefs have also said it is a ‘gross exaggeration’ to call the Notre Dame situation a crisis, adding that all efforts are being made to fill the remaining vacancies.
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