Summary information

Study title

Teacher Supply, Shortages and Working Conditions in England: NFER Senior Leader Survey, 2019-2021

Creator

National Foundation for Educational Research

Study number / PID

9078 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-9078-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


NFER surveyed nationally-representative samples of senior leaders with responsibility for staffing in autumn 2020 and autumn 2021. The aim of the surveys was to gather information about senior leaders’ experience of teacher recruitment, retention and what actions, if any, they had taken to manage shortages. The surveys also explored the level of difficulty schools found teacher recruitment in different key stages and subjects and gathered information about how schools currently deal with shortages in the most challenging subjects. 


Main Topics:

  • Senior leaders’ experience
  • Teacher recruitment, and retention
  • Manage shortages
  • Challenging subjects
  • Working conditions

Methodology

Data collection period

31/08/2020 - 31/12/2021

Country

England

Time dimension

Longitudinal/panel/cohort

Analysis unit

Institutions/organisations
National

Universe

The population of respondents are taken from senior leaders at a representative, randomly drawn sample of schools, across all levels of free school meal eligibility, school types, and regions across the country.

Sampling procedure

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Funding information

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2023

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.