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SOCIAL RESEARCH NUMBER: 09/2019 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/03/2019

Research Study on the Attractiveness of Teaching, and Retention of Teachers

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Research Study on the Attractiveness of Teaching and Retention of Teachers

Authors: Beaufort Research, NFER

Full Research Report:: Beaufort Research and NFER (2019) Research Study on the Attractiveness of Teaching, and Retention of Teachers. Cardiff: Welsh Government, Government, GSR report number 09/20119 Available at:

Views expressed in this report are those of the researchers and not necessarily those of the Welsh Government

For further information please contact: Schools Research Team Knowledge and Analytical Services Welsh Government Cathays Park Cardiff CF10 3NQ 0300 025 0377 Email: SchoolsResearch@Gov.Wales

Table of contents

1. Background ....................................................................................................................... 6 The reform agenda ........................................................................................................ 6 Issues relating to teacher recruitment and retention in Wales .......................................6 Pathways to the teaching profession in Wales ..............................................................7 Reforming teacher education ........................................................................................8 Rationale for undertaking the research........................................................................10 Aims and objectives of the research............................................................................11

2. Methodology .................................................................................................................... 13 Overview .....................................................................................................................13 Existing data and literature reviews .............................................................................14 Primary research method and sample.........................................................................16

3. Summary of the key findings ...........................................................................................18 4. Summary of the key issues about teacher recruitment and retention from the existing

data and literature reviews...............................................................................................22 5. The attractiveness of teaching as a career ......................................................................23

Factors that attract individuals to want to teach...........................................................23 Perceptions of teaching as a career among `A' Level pupils and undergraduates ......36 How teaching is viewed as a profession generally ......................................................48 ITE Centres: attracting students and challenges faced ...............................................50 Schools: challenges recruiting to certain roles ............................................................57 Suggestions among participants for improving the attractiveness of teaching ............58 6. Teacher retention and what can cause teachers to leave the profession ........................62 Factors that supported a commitment to teach ...........................................................62 Experiences of the Welsh language among ITE students ...........................................72 Retention and the new curriculum for Wales ...............................................................75 Factors that can cause doubt about continuing to teach .............................................76 Seeking support when considering leaving the profession ..........................................95 Suggestions among participants for improving teacher retention ................................98 7. Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 108 Other key issues highlighted in the research ............................................................. 111 Overarching conclusions ........................................................................................... 114 8. Research implications.................................................................................................... 115

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Key themes for policy ................................................................................................ 115 Implications for Welsh Government........................................................................... 115 Implications for ITE providers .................................................................................... 117 Implications for Local Authorities / Regional Education Consortia............................. 117 Implications for schools ............................................................................................. 117 References ........................................................................................................................ 118 Annex A ? Primary research sample detail ........................................................................ 120

List of figures Figure 1: Reasons for choosing to go into teaching - prompted (Percentage giving each response) .....................................................................................35 Figure 2: What factors keep you teaching? - prompted (Percentage giving each response) .....................................................................................71 Figure 3: Reasons for leaving teaching - prompted (Percentage giving each response) .....98 Figure 4: What would improve / would have improved your experience as a teacher? prompted (Percentage giving each response) ................................................................... 107

List of tables Table 6.1: Type of teaching contract for respondents who qualified in the last two years....94 Table 6.2: Type of teaching contract for respondents who have left teaching .....................95

Acknowledgements Beaufort and NFER would like to express their thanks to all the institutions and individuals who agreed to participate and were so accommodating. They covered:

Primary and secondary school staff and secondary school pupils; Universities who helped to organise focus groups, ITE staff, ITE students and

undergraduates who took part; Stakeholders from a range of different organisations; Those who have left the teaching profession.

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Glossary

Acronym/Key word CEAG providers Challenge advisers CPD

Discover Teaching

EWC

GDPR

Graduate Teacher Programme / GTP

Definition Careers, Education, Advice, and Guidance providers A service provided by Regional Education Consortia. Advisers monitor, challenge and support school leadership teams to improve performance. Continuing Professional Development A national initiative aimed at recruiting and retaining teachers in Wales, launched in March 2017. It is produced and supported collectively by the four Regional Education Consortia and partners (Careers Wales, Education Workforce Council, The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers and Tinint). Education Workforce Council: the independent regulator in Wales for teachers in maintained schools, Further Education teachers and learning support staff in both school and FE settings, as well as youth workers and people involved in work-based learning. The GDPR forms part of the data protection regime in the UK, together with the new Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). The main provisions of this applied, like the GDPR, from 25 May 2018. The Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) is a Welsh employment-based route into teaching. Programmes are administered by Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Centres. ITE Centres work with the Regional Education Consortia to use their regional knowledge and expertise in identifying the recruitment needs and priority recruitment areas within their regions to identify which applications to support under the GTP.

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