Teach Cornwall Report. Place-based challenges for trainee teacher recruitment

Disadvantage and inequality, Initial teacher training and education, Place and rurality, Recruitment, Reports

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Teach Cornwall Report. Place-based challenges for trainee teacher recruitment

Date: 2025

Author/s: Ovenden-Hope, T., Brown, V. and Walsh, R

Keywords: Educational isolation; geographic remoteness; living costs; limited diversity

Summary:

This report sets out an explanation of why urban-centric teacher recruitment strategies do not meet the recruitment and retention needs of rural and coastal areas like Cornwall. It explores the multiple impacts of educational isolation brought about by geographic remoteness, high living costs, and limited diversity and connectivity. It calls for solutions to be informed by the knowledge and experiences of the profession in communities that are disadvantaged by educational isolation.

Reference: Ovenden-Hope, T., Brown, V. and Walsh, R. (2025). Teach Cornwall Report: Place-based challenges for trainee teacher recruitment. Plymouth Marjon University

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