Teachers: Recruitment

(asked on 3rd May 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he can will make an assessment of the effect of OFSTED grades on the recruitment and retention of teachers.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 9th May 2019

The Department has published analysis linking Ofsted ratings to the mobility and retention of teachers. This showed that of teachers who had moved between schools, 74% moved to schools with the same or better Ofsted rating compared with their previous school. The full analysis is published here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615729/SFR33_2017_Text.pdf.

The Department’s recently published Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy has committed to simplifying the school accountability system, which the Department knows can create undue pressure on school leaders and increase teacher workload.

From September, the Department will use a single, transparent trigger - ‘Ofsted requires improvement’ - to offer head teachers funded support and bespoke guidance from an expert leader. This will help reduce pressures on schools, while maintaining robust accountability in cases of failure and a proactive offer of support for those who need it.

The proposed new Ofsted framework will also have an active focus on reducing teacher workload, with inspectors considering staff workload as part of the leadership and management judgment.

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