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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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Teacher recruitment, training and retention

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This is a set of publications related to the Education Committee’s investigation into teacher recruitment, training and retention (2023-2025). The Committee reviewed comprehensive evidence related to the challenges in training and securing a stable teaching profession and the impacts on pupils of the current challenges. The publications include oral and...
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Teacher Recruitment and Retention in 2025

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This mid-year 2025 report documents a significant slowdown in secondary teacher recruitment activity with job advertisements down 36% compared to the previous year and 27% lower than pre-pandemic 2018/19. The report identifies both supply- and demand-side factors contributing to the slowdown, notes that teachers' long-term commitment to the profession remains...
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Teach Cornwall Report. Place-based challenges for trainee teacher recruitment

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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...
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Schools and colleges in the 2025 spending review

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This IFS briefing contextualises government funding decisions for schools and colleges ahead of the 2025 Spending Review. The report notes that mainstream school funding per pupil was set to rise by 5.8% (including teacher and support staff pay rises), discusses the adequacy of funding for achieving recruitment and retention targets,...
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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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Building a Stronger Further Education College Workforce

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This mixed-methods research, investigates barriers to recruiting and retaining FE teachers in Construction, Engineering, and Digital subjects. It finds that pay disparities with industry and schools, high workload centered on administrative tasks, limited pay progression, and inadequate support for new recruits are key factors undermining FE teacher supply....
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Further Education Workforce 2022/2023

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Provides data on FE workforce size, composition, and vacancies. Shows stable workforce numbers but continued recruitment challenges....
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Teacher Recruitment, Training and Retention

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This report identifies a critical crisis in teacher supply, noting that FE and secondary education are the hardest-hit sectors due to pay disparities and increasing workload. It calls for a more holistic workforce model that specifically addresses the unique challenges of the post-16 sector, including the need for better data...
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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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