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Use of Supply Teachers in Schools. Research Report

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This comprehensive research examines the supply teacher market in primary, secondary and special schools following the pandemic surge in supply teaching demand. Key findings show supply teacher demographics closely mirror the qualified teaching workforce, increased reliance on supply teachers across all school settings particularly since 2020/21, and concerns about quality...
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Missing Mothers

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The report is based on survey research with women teachers who leave teaching following maternity, typically in their thirties. This accounts for a large proportion of attrition from teaching after the early career stage. It recommends changes that could attract more women to return to teaching following becoming a parent,...
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Teacher Recruitment and Retention Challenges in the Further Education and Skills Sector

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It analyses global strategies for addressing chronic teacher recruitment and retention shortages within the further education sector, focusing on improving workload management and professional status. Key solutions include shifting from short-term fixes to long-term systemic reforms, such as enhancing pay parity and fostering collaborative professional development....
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Teacher Recruitment in England: What Are Schools in Disadvantaged Areas Doing to Attract New Staff?

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This blog examines teacher recruitment challenges particularly acute in schools serving disadvantaged communities where turnover rates are substantially higher. The blog explores strategies schools are adopting to attract and retain teachers despite serving pupils with greater needs and acknowledges the structural challenges facing disadvantaged school communities in competing for limited...
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Why we should all be concerned about the shortage of science teachers

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This NewScientist article argues that the shortage of qualified specialist science teachers is a threat to the future of science and engineering and that this is a concern for the UK and internationally. The article draws on research evidence that indicates the impacts of the lack of qualified science subject...
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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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Teacher Recruitment, Training and Retention: Evidence to Education Committee

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Highlights the impact of funding constraints and pay gaps on recruitment and retention. Argues financial investment is key to sustaining the workforce....
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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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What’s behind the teacher workforce crisis? A look at current challenges and future solutions

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This recorded seminar (2 hours) includes presentations of research into teacher recruitment and retention funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The projects investigate the trends in teachers’ pay, subject shortages and regional challenges, teacher workload and wellbeing, the impacts of Ofsted inspections, the legacy of Covid19 and the impacts of academisation....
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Only half of required number of trainee secondary teachers in England recruited

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The Guardian newspaper article provided a view of the shortages in initial teacher training recruitment in 2023, when half of the required number of trainee secondary school teachers in England were recruited for the 2023-24 training year. The article reports on figures from the National Education Union (NEU) and the...
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