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Pledge for 6,500 new teachers may not be delivered for years

Special unit assembled in DfE to work on Labour's manifesto commitment, but concern grows over speediness of plan

Jack Dyson
Lucas Cumiskey and Jack Dyson
Election 2024, Recruitment and retention
Recruitment and retention
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Retention tops teachers’ election policy priorities, polling suggests

Access to mental health services, getting more support staff and having 'fewer high-pressure exams' were other top priorities, Teacher...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools
New reports show Teach First has a positive impact on school outcomes, but teachers are more likely to leave profession

Teach First: 7 findings revealing its impact on schools

NFER research shows marginal GCSE boost under Teach First teachers, but they are also more likely to leave the...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
School workforce data shows more teachers leaving the profession and sickness creeping up post-Covid

9 key findings from the 2022 school workforce census

Record number of teachers quit, vacancies rocket and sickness soars – everything you need to know about the state...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
New workforce data shows an increasingly grim outlook for teacher recruitment and retention

Record rate of teacher departures as 40,000 quit sector last year

New workforce data for 2022 shows 7,800 more teachers quit the profession for reasons other than retirement

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
Recruitment and retention

Teacher retention commission: 8 proposals to stem exodus

Report calls for review of teacher hours, retention targets and sabbaticals for headteachers every five years

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
The DfE's Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders report shows the strain the profession in under
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Key findings from the DfE’s leaked workload report

Survey results kept under-wraps by government show high levels of stress and impacts on mental health

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
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In short supply: Cover costs soar as teacher shortages and illness bite

Investigation: Schools sound the alarm as finances hit by education's shrinking workforce

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Overcoming the challenges to retaining and developing staff in schools and Multi-Academy Trusts

In this article Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith examines the key challenges that schools and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) face in relation...

The Open University
The Open University