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Exploring Education Policy and Reform in England (2010 – 2024) and the Early Career Framework: The unfolding of an education ‘market’ for teacher development

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This chapter provides an overview and critical analysis of the Early Career Framework (ECF) education policy in England. This policy formed a fundamental part of the Department for Educations Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy in 2019, establishing a mandatory framework of professional formation for early career teachers (ECTs) to become...
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Early Career Teacher Entitlement: Great Expectations

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This book explores the expectations set by the Department for Education (DfE) in the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy (2019) and provides insights into the experiences of Early Career Teachers and mentors working with Year 2 of the Early Career Framework. It examines the successes and failures that led to...
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Supporting Teacher Retention and Career Progression: Fostering Early Career Teacher Self-Efficacy Through Reflective Practice and Professional Development

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The education landscape in England faces a critical challenge: the significant and sustained attrition of early career teachers (ECTs) and its subsequent impact on education stability. This chapter addresses how reflective practice, and targeted professional development can foster self-efficacy, autonomy, and job satisfaction among ECTs, ultimately improving retention rates and...
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Transforming Teacher Work: Teacher Recruitment and Retention after the Pandemic

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This book examines the systemic crisis in the English teaching sector across all age phases, arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic amplified long-standing issues such as excessive performance management and poor staff mental health. Based on teacher and leader experiences, the authors suggest a new policy to better support and retain...
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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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The Principle: Power and Professionalism in Further Education

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Uses multi-site ethnographic case studies to show that overly hierarchical leadership erodes teacher autonomy and spurs turnover. Recommends distribute-leadership and mentoring cultures as cost-effective retention strategies....
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The Recruitment and Retention of Teachers in England

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Chapter situates graduate ITE recruitment shortfalls within broader FE and school data; examines policy levers (bursaries, retention incentives) and calls for parity between ITE funding for schools and FE....
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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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Afterword – Exploring Teacher Recruitment and Retention: contextual challenges and international perspectives

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This afterword to the book by the same authors provides a critical overview of the international dimensions of multiple, situated challenges in recruiting and retaining teachers. It draws attention to the ‘discord’ between the bodies that control teacher training and teachers’ professional development and the research-informed findings and recommendations of...
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RETAIN: A research-informed model of continuing professional development for early career teacher retention

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This chapter presents evaluation research about RETAIN, a pilot programme of continuing professional development (CPD) located in Cornwall, England, that was designed to retain early career teachers (ECTs). It explores the place-based challenges and potential solutions offered by the programme, which aimed to support teacher retention in the context of...
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