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Teacher recruitment, training and retention

Inquiry

The Committee will investigate the current state of teacher retention and recruitment, the main factors causing difficulties and the impact on students. This includes assessing how well the current teacher training framework works to prepare new teachers, and how England's system compares internationally.  

The inquiry will look at steps the Department for Education has taken to address the challenges in recruitment and retention, including the impact of financial incentives, attempts to reduce workloads, and mental health support.

The Committee will also look at how the education sector's problems with teacher recruitment, training and retention compare with other professions and sectors of the economy, and whether anything can be learned from those comparisons.

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry. 

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This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 21 April 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Second Report - Teacher recruitment, training and retention
Inquiry Teacher recruitment, training and retention
HC 119
Report
Response to this report
1st Special Report - Teacher recruitment, training and retention: Government Response
HC 627
Special Report
Correspondence from the Minister of State for Schools providing supplementary evidence following his recent appearance before the Committee for the Teacher recruitment, training and retention inquiry
Inquiry Teacher recruitment, training and retention
Correspondence

Oral evidence transcripts

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12 December 2023
Inquiry Teacher recruitment, training and retention
Witnesses Damian Hinds (Minister of State for Schools at Department for Education), and Sue Lovelock (Director of Teaching Workforce: Candidates, Trainees, Strategy, Portfolio and Analysis at Department for Education)
Oral Evidence
14 November 2023
Inquiry Teacher recruitment, training and retention
Witnesses Sinéad Mc Brearty (Chief Executive Officer at Education Support), Jack Worth (School Workforce Lead at NFER), Professor Becky Francis CBE (CEO at Education Endowment Foundation), and Professor Becky Allen (Chief Analyst and a Co-founder at Teach Tapp)
Oral Evidence
14 November 2023
Inquiry Teacher recruitment, training and retention
Witnesses Philip Nye (Data Scientist at Institute for Government), Katie Waldegrave, MBE (Co-founder and CEO at Now Teach), and Dr Luke Sibieta (Research Fellow at Institute for Fiscal Studies)
Oral Evidence
Education Select Committee (TTR0154)
Mr Craig Johnson (Teacher of Computer Science at Nottingham High School) (TTR0027)
Turing House School (TTR0036)

Other publications

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Contact us

  • Email: educom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 2370 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8895 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Education Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA