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Recruitment and retention crisis: DfE outlines new initiatives

Recruitment & Retention Government policy Whole-school issues Teaching staff
The Department for Education (DfE) is to pilot a student loan reimbursement scheme for science and language teachers in the early stages of their careers in a bid to tackle the recruitment crisis in schools.

The programme will support around 800 modern foreign language teachers and 1,700 science teachers a year.

It would mean that a typical teacher in their fifth year of work would receive a reimbursement of around £540. This figure would increase for teachers with additional responsibilities.

It comes after the government unveiled a general rise in the earning threshold for student loan repayments from £21,000 to £25,000.

In addition, the DfE has also unveiled a second pilot for new bursaries in maths. These will offer upfront payments of £20,000 and “early retention” payments of £5,000 in the third and fifth year of a teacher’s career.

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