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The evidence found on this page relates to teacher supply in schools in England. It is a resource for professional and research communities concerned with the recruitment and retention of teachers and support for their professional development. As such it is relevant for policy-makers, school leaders, leaders of Multi-Academy Trusts, professional bodies, providers of professional learning, researchers and practitioners undertaking studies of teacher retention and strategic development to enhance teachers’ working lives.

The majority of the evidence provided is open access. It includes policy documents, reports, academic journal articles, books and chapters, briefings and blogs, and news and commentary published since 2019.

Each summary is labelled with its resource type and tagged with one or more themes. You can use the filters below to show only the evidence of a particular resource type or on a particular theme, and selecting a tag on any summary will take you to all resources sharing that theme. The search bar covers the full library, so results may include evidence relating to Further Education as well as schools; the sector is shown on each result. Each summary links to the original source where it is available.

School Teachers’ Review Body 36th Report 2026

Summary:

The School Teachers’ Review Body 36th Report noted some improvement in teachers’ pay and conditions but advises that attention is needed to further stabilise recruitment and retention. It made a recommendation for an increase of 9.8% in teachers’ pay over three years in 2026-2028 and proposes that schools should be...
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School workforce in England (2026 release)

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This recent report is the 2026 publication of the school workforce statistics for England, reporting on the 2025 figures. The reports are published annually. The statistics on retention on recently qualified teachers indicate the persistent challenge of retaining new entrants to the profession. Just over 10% of teachers who qualified...
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Exploring key predictors of teacher wellbeing, job satisfaction and burnout: Building a broader conceptualisation of teacher resilience

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This research article uses a social-ecological approach to examining teacher resilience, focusing on multiple individual and contextual factors that were found to contribute to wellbeing, job satisfaction and burnout. It uses survey data from nearly 3,000 teachers. It found that teacher well-being was mostly associated with individual factors such as...
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6,500 additional teachers delivery plan

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This policy paper sets out the government's strategy for delivering its pledge to provide 6,500 additional teachers. The document outlines progress on the pledge, reports on small improvements in trends in secondary teacher recruitment and recruitment of teachers in STEM subjects as well as recruitment to initial teacher training based...
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Initial teacher education inspections: frequently asked questions

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This blog from February 2026 presents Ofsted’s responses to frequently asked questions from initial teacher education providers following the publication of the new Ofsted inspection framework that was published in 2025. It includes a link to a short video explaining the 4-year inspection cycle for initial teacher education....
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The School Teacher Labour Market in England Annual Report 2026

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NFER's comprehensive annual report analyses teacher recruitment and retention trends across all school phases. Key findings show some improvement in recruitment into initial teacher training, most likely driven by deteriorating wider employment opportunities. Secondary recruitment remains below target. There is partial improvement in teacher recruitment and retention compared with previous...
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Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders

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The WLTL is a five-year longitudinal study of primary and secondary teachers and leaders in England that explores trends in the experience and views of the school workforce, related to supply, retention and recruitment over time. The project has produced a series of reports and report summaries based on survey...
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Teacher recruitment and retention in England

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The briefing provides a summary of current and comparative evidence from previous years related to teacher supply, teacher vacancy rates, attrition from the workforce, working hours and pay. It provides further summary overviews of financial incentives to improve recruitment and key policy initiatives, the Early Career Framework and the ITT...
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Qualitative insight into experiences of leavers and those considering leaving the English state school sector

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This reports the findings from the qualitative research that accompanied the DfE Working lives of Teachers and Leaders longitudinal survey research (2021-26). It comprised 60 in-depth interviews carried out in autumn 2025 with those who had left their teaching and leadership roles in state schools and those considering leaving. It...
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