It is well documented that teacher recruitment and retention continues to be a major issue for the English education system. The question is, what are we doing about it as headteachers?
We can point fingers at the government for creating the conditions that have made this profession so challenging for teachers. And it is important that school leaders continue to lobby for better pay, higher levels of funding and more sensible approaches to accountability and inspection.
However, we have a critical role to play too and leaders have a great responsibility in ensuring the conditions in their own school are making a positive contribution to recruitment and retention.
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