NFER, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, surveyed nationally-representative samples of senior leaders in primary and secondary schools with responsibility for staffing in autumn 2020 and autumn 2021 to gather information about their experience of teacher recruitment, retention, and what actions, if any, they had taken to manage shortages.
Our analysis of the survey data provides insights into the recruitment challenges schools face and draws out some of their potential implications for pupils’ education and learning.
