The leaky pipeline of teacher training
We don't have enough teachers. There are very few people who would deny this statement. It is an impending pressure on the education system which could - if unaddressed - significantly impact on the quality of education young people receive in this country. Generally the problem can be broken down into two areas: recruitment and retention. Not enough teachers are taking up teacher training places (and particularly in STEM subjects), and of those who do train not enough stick around in the classroom. I wanted to understand in a bit more detail just what is happening here with the view to working out some policy solutions. If there was one significant pinch point where teachers flood out the door, that might be the most efficient place to focus policy initiatives. So I created this chart to map the flow of teachers from training course to classroom 5 years' later. *Including university-based training, School Direct, SCITT and Teach First pathways which comprise ...