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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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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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School Teachers’ Review Body (AoC evidence included)

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The 2025 report recommends pay and condition adjustments for teachers and school leaders in England to ensure professional competitiveness and sustainability. It analyzes economic data, recruitment trends, and retention factors to advise on salary updates and workforce management....
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Ofsted Confirms Changes to Education Inspection and Unveils New Look Report Cards

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This announcement confirms Ofsted's new inspection framework featuring a new 5-point grading scale with an added 'exceptional' grade. Importantly for teacher wellbeing, Ofsted has implemented measures to address workload concerns following an independent review by Education Support, including adding an additional inspector to school inspection teams and allowing lead inspectors...
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Teacher Wellbeing Index 2025

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This is the latest in a series of nine reports published by Education Support on the wellbeing of the education workforce, carried out since 2019. It reflects the persistent trends in poor wellbeing and identifies the need for systemic change, following the lowest reported overall wellbeing score since recording began...
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Making teaching an attractive profession: What are the challenges and opportunities for minority ethnic teachers in England?

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This paper examines the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England and the barriers to career progression experienced by teachers of colour and consequences for their retention. It analyses interviews with teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Findings indicate that these teachers obtained teaching posts, but...
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What helps to attract minority ethnic teachers in England?: Results from a national survey

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This paper reports on a national survey of 3,646 serving teachers to examine the factors impacting the attraction of teachers to work in schools and their reasons for leaving. Workload is identified as the biggest factor influencing teachers’ intentions to leave. Findings indicate that concerns about pay and the ethnic...
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Considering the Mystery of Professionalism: Further Education in the UK

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This paper analyzes the evolving and often contested concept of professionalism within the UK Further Education (FE) sector following the structural changes introduced by the 1992 Further and Higher Education Act. address. It argues that, despite decades of policy reform, teacher recruitment and retention as a contextual challenge linked to...
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1970s working conditions in the 2020s: Modernising the professional lives of teachers for the 21st Century

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The report examines the reasons why so many secondary school teachers and leaders in the state sector leave the profession, and what would encourage them to stay. It focuses particularly on the reasons why there are greater challenges in retaining secondary school teachers rather than primary, and the ways in...
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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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