PhD

Early Career Teacher retention – a unique crisis? 

Background  While the government projects a retention increase of 2,500 teachers by 2028 , the sector remains in a ‘supply crisis‘. Despite additional payments, 1 in 3 teachers continue to leave the state-funded sector within their first five years.  Early career teacher (ECT) retention is a concern, and the government is expecting this to improve.   … [Read more…]

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Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Ethnicity and School Absence in England: Quantitative Analysis of Free School Meal Eligibility and Attendance Patterns

Abstract This paper investigates how socioeconomic disadvantage and ethnicity intersect to shape school absence patterns in England. Using the Department for Education’s (DfE) 2024/25 Pupil Absence in Schools in England dataset, the analysis compares overall, persistent, and severe absence rates by ethnicity and Free School Meal (FSM) eligibility. Results show that White FSM-eligible pupils have … [Read more…]

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