校長短缺的蜃景-漸入佳境

'Getting better'-漸入佳境

But the Department for Education and Skills said the vacancy rate for heads had fallen for three years running and was now lower than at any time since 1997.

然而，教育部說:三年來校長的缺額已經是比1997來任何一個時點來的少。

"There are currently 160 vacancies nationally compared to 227 in 1999," a spokesperson said.

發言人表示:與1999年全國的227個校長職缺比起來，現今只剩160個校長職缺。

"There are over 20,000 more teachers in post than in 1997 - the highest since 1984.Salaries for head teachers were at "a record high".

比1997年多出兩萬名校長在工作岡位上，是自1984年來的新高。而校長的薪水也創下歷史新高。

"We will continue with our radical reforms of the workforce, cutting the workload on heads, ensuring they have the support they need and giving them guaranteeed 'leadership time' to ensure they can focus on raising standards."

我們會持續進行對校長工作能力的激烈改革，減輕校長的工作負擔，確保他們獲得應有的支持，並給予他們領導的時間以符合高領導標準的要求。