Supply and retention research

Recruitment and retention on ITT: a systematic review (2008)

Conducted for the TDA by the National Foundation for Educational Research

This research sought to update the TDA on successful recruitment and retention strategies; focussing, in partiuclar, on priority subject Initial Teacher Training and under-represented groups.

Review of data relating to those eligible to teach mathematics and science

Conducted for the TDA by London Economics

This research represents an in depth review of available data on those eligible to teach either mathematics or science

Ethnicity and the professional socialisation of teachers

Research report by Bruce Carrington, project director, University of Newcastle.

The purpose of this report was to identify the factors that influence the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers.

Recruitment to and retention on initial teacher training: a systematic review

Conducted for the TDA by the National Foundation for Educational Research.

This review set out to identify the main factors affecting recruitment and retention and to identify successful recruitment strategies.

Withdrawal from the PGCE courses

The purpose of this report is to establish the reasons for trainees' withdrawals from PGCE courses, and the impact of training bursaries on trainees' decision to withdrawal from initial teacher training (ITT).

Characteristics in unsuccessful applicants to PGCE courses

Conducted for the TDA by the National Foundation for Educational Research.

This research set out to investigate the characteristics of applicants to initial teacher training who had or had not been successful in securing a place, and to identify strategies ITT providers and/or the TDA could adopt to attract quality applicants to ITT courses.