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Research project aims to find secrets to teacher retention

A 14-month research project has launched aiming to understand the factors associated with teacher retention, turnover and returning to teaching.

The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has been funded by the Nuffield Foundation to carry out the research.

It comes after the NFER last year published two reports – Engaging Teachers and Should I Stay Or Should I Go? – exploring the factors that relate to teacher engagement and retention.

In the new research, NFER’s academics will investigate these topics in more detail, with the aim of broadening their understanding of the issues involved and developing potential strategies to help schools address them.

A series of working papers and roundtable meetings are planned throughout the project, as well as an interim report in July 2017 and a final report planned for publication in early 2018.

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