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Six charts that explain the state of the teaching workforce in England

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This EPI analysis presents six key data visualisations illustrating teacher supply trends including recruitment shortfalls, retention patterns by experience level, regional variations in teacher supply, and the relationship between teacher quality and school disadvantage. The report highlights that retention of early-career teachers has fallen since the previous year but remains...
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The progression and retention of Teach First teachers. An analysis of the 2011 to 2017 Teach First cohorts

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This NFER evaluation compares progression and retention of Teach First teachers with similar teachers trained through other ITT routes. Key findings show Teach First teachers are significantly less likely to remain in teaching after their NQT [Newly Qualified Teacher] year than other PGCE teachers (gap narrowed from 23 percentage points...
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Golden Thread or Gilded Cage? An analysis of Department for Education support for the continuing professional development of teachers

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The report was prepared by the UCET Continuing Professional Development Forum to examine the strengths, weaknesses and unforeseen impacts of the Early Career Framework (ECF) and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) after the first year of the ECF. Major concerns are expressed with the degree of repetition between the ECF and...
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Teaching as a high-status profession: Improving teacher supply. Recommendations for the education white paper 2022

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this report presents findings from the investigation carried out by the APPG Teacher supply SIG into the actins needed to support a high-status and sustainable teaching profession. Recommendations include that policy liaison is needed between policymakers and professional bodies to establish coherence and long-term planning for sustaining the profession; there...
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Educational Isolation and the challenge of ‘place’ for securing and sustaining a high-quality teacher supply

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This chapter explores how location is an important factor that impacts on recruiting and sustaining quality teachers in England. ‘Educational Isolation’ is used as a framework for examining the ways in which a school’s location in disadvantaged rural and coastal contexts can limit its maintenance of a quality workforce. Educationally...
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Teacher recruitment, retention and progression. Supporting career development for all

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This edition of the journal Impact, by the Chartered College of Teaching, provides a collection of brief articles that examine teacher recruitment and retention from differing perspectives. There is notable attention to the ways in which school culture and leadership affects teacher retention and to the ways in which discrimination...
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The effects of high-quality professional development on teachers and students

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This EPI review synthesises evidence from EEF trials and other research on how high-quality professional development and continuous professional development (CPD) support teacher retention and wellbeing. The report notes that most trials offered qualitative process evaluations of teacher experiences and identifies evidence-based approaches to CPD that support teacher retention....
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The wellbeing of the school workforce in England

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This EPI research analyses personal wellbeing of educators using Annual Population Survey data from 2011-12 to 2017-18 across samples of 2,500-3,000 teachers annually. The analysis examines life satisfaction, happiness and worthwhile life ratings compared with other professions, contributing to evidence on teacher wellbeing factors affecting recruitment and retention decisions. This...
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Teacher shortages in England. Analysis and pay options

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This EPI report analysed the relationship between teacher pay and recruitment/retention problems, particularly in shortage subjects such as maths, sciences and languages. The report documents that, in 2020, only 54% of teachers in shortage subjects had relevant degrees (compared to 68% generally) and identified that retention rates are particularly poor...
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Exploring Teacher Recruitment and Retention: contextual challenges from international perspectives

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This is an edited volume that examines the persistence of challenges for teacher retention and recruitment across contexts and the unequal impacts on the most disadvantaged communities. The book is in two parts with Part 1 exploring the challenges in the English context and the unequal impacts of teacher shortages...
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