What factors influence the recruitment and retention of teachers at all stages of their careers – particularly in schools that serve disadvantaged communities?
Background
Our goal is to create a world-class school system that ensures every child is taught a broad and ambitious knowledge-rich curriculum by highly skilled teachers, so they can achieve their potential. We need to continue to develop the evidence base around effective teaching practice and curriculum design, with teaching increasingly viewed as an applied science (akin to medicine) where evidence-based approaches are widely utilised, and skilled teachers draw upon expert support and professional communities. We also need to build our understanding of how best to replicate the success of high performing schools, and how school trusts can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their schools, including through management of the school estate. A key part of this is building evidence on the most successful school approaches to improving attendance.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Understanding the complex determinants of teacher shortages: an integrated approach
Understanding the complex determinants of teacher supply is important for effective workforce planning. The current teacher supply 'crisis' is expected to get worse. Despite the body of work in this area the issue has ne...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Durham University
Why might this be relevant?
While this project addresses teacher shortages and workforce planning, it does not fully focus on the factors influencing recruitment and retention in disadvantaged communities, but it partially addresses the broader issue.
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Comparative analysis of teacher policies across international education systems to understand the complex factors shaping teacher demand and supply
This project addresses the issue of teacher shortages, a pervading policy concern in many countries, with policy responses that often focus on teachers' relatively poor pay and working conditions. This is because many st...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the factors influencing teacher recruitment and retention in schools serving disadvantaged communities through a comparative analysis of teacher policies across international education systems.
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Impact of school resources and teacher pay across local authorities - a Regression Discontinuity Design
The coalition government has recently announced the creation of a disadvantaged pupil premium aimed at reducing the attainment gap between pupils from rich and poor families. A recent White Paper also announced a focus o...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Why might this be relevant?
The project directly addresses the factors influencing recruitment and retention of teachers in schools serving disadvantaged communities through research on resources, teacher pay, and their impact on pupil attainment.