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Talk about a crisis in teacher recruitment simply perpetuates the debate around teacher shortages, a survey by teaching website TES Global has found.
Thirty-one percent of teachers who responded to the survey said that talk of a recruitment crisis made them more likely to leave the profession. More than two-thirds, meanwhile, said they would feel more optimistic if they were “treated as partners in the debate, rather than objects of discussion”.
A large proportion were either looking to leave teaching or work abroad, TES Global found. Almost one in 10 said they felt they would be more valued overseas, while 17.5% said they were “certain” they would quit the profession in the next three years.
In all subjects except art and design and design and technology, it is harder to recruit now than it was in 2012.
Rob Grimshaw, CEO of TES Global said: “Teachers are putting their hands up to be more involved in fixing the current recruitment challenges and this offers a real opportunity for school leaders and policy makers.”
“Highly-engaged teachers, if given an outlet for their ideas, could play a vital role in key areas such as attracting new entrants to the profession, encouraging other teachers to remain in the classroom, advising policy makers on how to retain teachers and helping stakeholders to understand the causes of the shortages.”
The TES Teacher Happiness Survey was carried out in March 2016 and received 4,000 responses.
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