Combining qualitative, quantitative and immersive research with expert - and teacher - testimony, the final report paints an extraordinary picture of the state of the teaching profession in England’s secondary schools in 2023.
Commissioners included Russell Hobby, chief executive of Teach First, Dame Alison Peacock, chief executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, Sir Tim Brighouse, former London Schools Commissioner, and Dame Sally Coates, director of academies at United Learning. It was chaired by Evelyn Forde, president of ASCL.
The crisis in staffroom morale, and the drivers pushing tens of thousands of teachers prematurely out of their careers, is set out in stark terms. But the report also makes 10 recommendations that the government – and schools themselves – could make to stem the flow of pedagogical talent out of the classroom.
An extensive polling exercise of secondary teachers, supported by a programme of focus groups, produced a number of eyewatering conclusions.
