Recruitment crisis: Two-thirds of school leaders aware of staff ‘quitting prematurely’
Two-thirds of school leaders have had staff who quit teaching prematurely, a new survey has revealed.
The NAHT heads’ union found the proportion of school leaders citing retention as one of the key factors contributing to their inability to fill posts has nearly tripled in three years.
The Commons’ Public Accounts Committee is today holding a hearing on teacher retention.
The NAHT has sent a letter to all the members of the committee ahead of the hearing, to share the initial findings of its latest recruitment and retention survey. The full survey will be published next Friday.
According to the letter, 66 per cent of school leaders in the survey said they were aware of some of their staff having left the teaching profession before retirement age.
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