Select committee transcript: Teacher recruitment, training and retention - Sep 13

The Committee will investigate the current state of teacher retention and recruitment, the main factors causing difficulties, and the impact on students. This includes assessing how well the current teacher training framework works to prepare new teachers, and how England's system compares internationally.  

The inquiry will look at steps the Department for Education has taken to address the challenges in recruitment and retention, including the impact of financial incentives, attempts to reduce workloads, and mental health support.

The Committee will also look at how the education sector's problems with teacher recruitment, training and retention compare with other professions and sectors of the economy, and whether anything can be learned from those comparisons.

Witnesses: Rene Koglbauer (Chair of Board of Trustees at Association for Language Learning), Professor Paul Glaister CBE (Immediate Past Chair at Joint Mathematical Council of the UK), Deborah Weston OBE (Research Officer at National Association of Teachers of Religious Education), Ryan Ball (Director of Education at Design and Technology Association), and Hari Rentala (Head of Learning and Skills at Institute of Physics)