Research involving more than 7,000 teachers has found that 57% say they are more likely to want to work in a school that advertises itself as being open to flexible working. This figures rises to 60% for women.
The survey has been published by the Department for Education’s Teaching Vacancies service and is based on polling carried out by TeacherTapp.
Of the respondents, 72% said that flexible working promotes wellbeing, 83% said it supports a healthy work/life balance, and 52% associate flexible working with supporting staff retention.
The survey has been published ahead of the October resignation deadline (teachers who want to leave at the end of the autumn term on December 31 must hand in their notice by October 31).
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