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Solving the retention crisis: It's not rocket science

Recruitment & Retention Pay and conditions School funding and finance Government policy Teaching staff
All the evidence shows that the teacher retention crisis is getting worse, but it's not difficult to tackle the problem. We just need the will and commitment from within the education system...

It’s not complicated, yet somehow we continue to fail in our attempts to tackle the leading cause of the retention crisis in our secondary schools – workload.

The National Audit Office report (see our full news coverage, here) is just the latest research to highlight the impact of high workload and poor work/life balance. It emphasises the importance of supporting our existing workforce and also warns about the low amount of CPD that teachers in England receive compared with the rest of the world.

It’s not difficult: High-quality and frequent CPD, with manageable workloads (and competitive pay) – achieve this and retention problems should disappear.

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