The Teacher Shortage in England: Policy Initiatives, Initial Teacher Training and the Early Career Teacher
摘要
In this chapter we interrogate the multi-faceted and inter-related nature of the teacher supply shortage in England. The chapter firstly sets out the issues that have long hindered teacher recruitment and retention, including Government initiatives designed to counter these phenomena. In this we analyse the problem of shortage in some regions across England, in some subjects and in some age phases (Ovenden-Hope & Passy, 2019), as well as considering issues in relation to Black and minority ethnic teacher shortage, male teacher shortage, working conditions and pay. Secondly, we present and critique the most current Government initiatives designed to address these issues, namely the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy (2019a) including the Early Career Framework (ECF) (DfE, 2019b).