We’ve been asking lots of questions about teacher recruitment, vacant posts and career intentions. After first asking these questions in 2019, we’ve repeated the questions each year since. With COVID-19 severely disrupting the recruitment cycle in 2020 and 2021, we have now seen two more ‘normal’ cycles. This year we asked the questions once again, so what’s the state of teacher recruitment and retention in 2023?
Today, we’re publishing our latest look in teacher recruitment. As in previous years, we have worked with SchoolDash who monitor job advertisements on school websites. You can read more in our report: ‘Teacher views on coping with shortages, job attachment and flexible working’