Charlotte MacDonald
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1,889 appearances
62 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2010
last heard Apr 2025
Charlotte MacDonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So well done to the Indy.
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Get a more or less gold star.
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Yeah, we should give them a badge.
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What did the ATL union say?
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The union gave us a statement from Dr Mary Boustead, General Secretary.
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She said, "...it is difficult to find reliable data on the precise scale of the teacher retention problem."
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Our figure was arrived at in good faith using government statistics.
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No one can be sure of the exact numbers leaving.
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Although if a recent study by the Cabinet Office is to be believed, teaching morale isn't that bad.
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That study isn't terribly transparent, so I wouldn't set too much store by it, but it did suggest that out of 274 different careers, primary school teachers were in the top 5% most satisfied with their jobs.
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Secondary school teachers also rated their jobs highly.
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But according to Sam Friedman, retention isn't the big problem.
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It's recruitment.
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Hi, this is Eleanor.
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Just to let you know, our daughter, Juliette Imogen, was born on Saturday the 11th of April, which is about 24 hours after Penelope had her little boy.
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So sorry we didn't quite manage to coordinate for you.
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This is the short edition of More or Less, first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Well, I do walk past Buckingham Palace every day and I did meet Princess Anne once when I was working as a waitress.
But actually, in reality, Charlottes are pretty plentiful.
I'm the same age as Prince William and my mum is always saying that Charlotte was the most popular girl's name the year I was born.
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