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The Department for Education last week released its annual snapshot of the state of the teaching workforce in England and it is sober reading for the incoming government. Last year's statistics showed the recruitment and retention boost of the pandemic…
By James Zuccollo
Responding to the publication of data on the school workforce in England in 2023 , James Zuccollo, Director for School Workforce at the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: “Today’s school workforce data demonstrates the acute challenges that schools across the…
By Education Policy Institute
The National institute of Economic and Social Research and the Education Policy Institute have recently published research on the recruitment and retention of senior school leaders, commissioned by the National Academy for Educational Leadership Wales. Below, we summarise some of…
By James Zuccollo and Education Policy Institute
The role of a school leader is fundamental to shaping the educational environment and influencing the overall success of a school. Effective school leaders inspire and motivate both teachers and students, creating a vision for the school and fostering a…
By James Zuccollo and Education Policy Institute
Responding to the publication of initial recommendations by the Department for Education’s (DfE) Workload Reduction Taskforce, James Zuccollo, Director for School Workforce at the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: “Given the huge recruitment and retention challenges facing schools, and the…
By Education Policy Institute
This blog examines the findings from our recent report The Influence of headteachers on their schools , published in partnership with Newcastle University Business School and funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Headteachers in England are often held responsible by the…
By Education Policy Institute
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This report assesses the impact of headteachers on school performance in England, and the mechanisms through which headteachers influence performance. In addition, the study explores whether a headteacher's gender and ethnicity have an impact on the composition of the pupil…
By James Zuccollo and Education Policy Institute
Last week, the Department for Education released the first school workforce statistics that are free of the pandemic’s influence. Teaching witnessed a boom in recruitment during the pandemic as private-sector job opportunities dried up and graduates sought more secure employment.…
By James Zuccollo and Education Policy Institute
What is the reaccreditation process? In January 2021 the Department for Education (DfE) announced a review of the initial teacher training (ITT) market. The review was conducted by a group of five independent experts and considered what reforms might be…
By James Zuccollo
Commenting on the 2022/23 teachers' pay award, James Zuccolo, Director for School Workforce at the Education Policy Institute, said: "In recent years, teachers' pay has suffered due to low wage growth comparative to the rest of the economy. Unsurprisingly, this…
By Education Policy Institute
The government is expected to announce the 2022/23 pay award for teachers in the next month but, already, there is growing discontent. In March, the government asked the independent school teachers’ review body (STRB) to recommend a pay raise for…
By James Zuccollo
The teaching workforce after the pandemic The recruitment and retention of teachers in England has dominated education headlines for the last decade. In the midst of the pandemic, a surge in applications for initial teacher training provided some brief respite.…
By James Zuccollo
