A research and policy analysis from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think-tank says that ministers must focus their policies on teacher retention just as much as teacher recruitment.
However, it warns that efforts by successive governments to tackle high teacher workloads – recognised as one of the key barriers to retention – have failed. Working hours have increased for England’s teachers and are longer than in many other developed nations.
The teacher recruitment crisis is being driven by three factors – the increasing numbers quitting the profession, a lower number of people choosing to train as a teacher, and the rising number of pupils.
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