Teacher retention incentives for those working in the government’s “education investment areas” should be redirected to the schools in the most deprived areas nationally, the National Foundation for Educational Research has said.
Its analysis found “little difference between teacher supply challenges faced by schools in EIAs compared to those that are not”.
At the same time, it found “considerable differences faced by schools with different levels of pupil eligibility for free school meals”.
The report also warned a mooted 6.5 per cent pay rise for teachers next year is “unlikely to make a significant overall difference” to teacher supply on its own, as the government prepares to publish its final decision.
