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Survey Finds 55% of French Secondary Schools Missing Teachers as New Year Begins

The government cites roughly 2,500 vacancies, a figure the union portrays as underestimated.

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A Epinay-sur-Seine, le 26 août 2025.
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Overview

  • Snes-FSU’s flash survey reports at least one teacher absent at the rentrée in 55% of collèges and lycées.
  • Nearly three quarters of schools, or 73%, started with incomplete teams when counting missing CPEs, PsyENs, AESH and AED staff.
  • Shortages are uneven across académies, with about 75% of schools in Lyon and 72% in Créteil missing at least one teacher, compared with 41% in Aix-Marseille and 29.1% in Dijon.
  • The union attributes the gaps to a recruitment crisis and a lack of substitutes, noting levels comparable to last year’s survey.
  • Snes-FSU has scheduled local and inter-union actions for 10 September and an interprofessional strike for 18 September to push for staffing solutions.