Teacher training bursaries are a cost-effective way to boost teacher supply, and increasing them would have a bigger impact than raising pay, a new analysis has suggested.
The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) also found that those recruited off the back of bursaries were more likely to teach in schools which often struggle to fill vacancies.
Postgraduate trainees in shortage subjects are eligible to claim tax-free bursaries ranging from £10,000 in subjects including English and art to £28,000 in chemistry, computing, maths and physics.
Researchers examined the potential impact of spending more on different incentives on a hypothetical cohort of 100 teachers.
