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Jack Worth @jackworth.bsky.social · 1d

Disappointing and confusing to see DfE reducing ITT bursaries today for a range of subjects, including four subjects which we forecast to be below their respective targets this year. Our research… |...

Disappointing and confusing to see DfE reducing ITT bursaries today for a range of subjects, including four subjects which we forecast to be below their respective targets this year. Our research sh...

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National Foundation for Educational Research @thenfer.bsky.social · Jul 22

In a brand new feature length blog post, our Education Workforce Lead, @jackworth.bsky.social, discusses new analysis, commissioned by the @instituteofphysics.bsky.social, highlighting how the under-supply of specialist teachers is affecting secondary schools.

Read the post 👉 bit.ly/4m8dSWt

New blog post - A widespread lack of specialist physics teachers persists due to recruitment and retention challenges

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National Foundation for Educational Research @thenfer.bsky.social · Jul 9

Our Education Workforce Lead, @jackworth.bsky.social, has has given his reaction to the House of Commons Public Committee report on teacher numbers in secondary and further education, published today.

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“Addressing the teacher supply challenges in secondary and further education requires a strategic and targeted approach to improving the attractiveness of the teaching profession in key subjects and particularly in disadvantaged areas. NFER’s research echoes the importance of building a strategy around the key factors for recruitment and retention raised in this report, including teacher workload, pupil behaviour, a lack of access to flexible working arrangements and teacher pay and incentives.”

Jack Worth, Education Workforce Lead

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Jack Worth @jackworth.bsky.social · Jul 3

Sat down with Tom and James earlier this week to discuss 6,500 teachers. Do have a listen! 👇

Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · Jul 3

🚨NEW PODCAST🚨

How and when are we going to get 6,500 new teachers?

@jackworth.bsky.social and @jzuccollo.bsky.social joined me to discuss why Labour's flagship education policy is proving hard to define and deliver in practice, and what should happen next.

Listen here: insideyoured.com

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National Foundation for Educational Research @thenfer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Retention payments for early career teachers may help, but the evidence is mixed.

This is the conclusion of our new analysis funded by
@nuffieldfoundation.org

Read @jackworth.bsky.social's blog on the new findings 👇

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Do retention payments for early career teachers work?

Jack Worth discusses new analysis of the impact early career retention payments (ECRPs) on teacher retention.

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Jack Worth @jackworth.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thanks to @nuffieldfoundation.org for funding this work and my colleague Dawson for doing so much of the data-wrangling and number-crunching

Full report: www.nfer.ac.uk/publications...

The impact of early career retention payments on teacher retention

This evaluation, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, explores the impact of five early career retention payment schemes, piloted since 2018, on teacher retention in England.

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Jack Worth @jackworth.bsky.social · Jun 26

Our analysis implies retention payments have a high marginal cost compared to bursaries

This suggests that a 'bursaries first' policy approach is probably always best, which aligns with the findings from the Maths Phased Bursary evaluation www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Jack Worth @jackworth.bsky.social · Jun 26

In summary, the retention impacts were somewhat mixed and generally not statistically significant. Overall, it suggested an association with lower retention rates, but wasn't conclusive

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Jack Worth @jackworth.bsky.social · Jun 26

Do extra payments to in-service teachers in shortage subjects improve retention?

We thought our analysis might back up the fairly strong 'yes' from UK literature so far, but our findings were not as conclusive. In this blog I assess the findings and what they might mean for policy:

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Do retention payments for early career teachers work?

Jack Worth discusses new analysis of the impact early career retention payments (ECRPs) on teacher retention.

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National Foundation for Educational Research @thenfer.bsky.social · Jun 10

Yesterday, our School Workforce Lead and co-author of the research, @jackworth.bsky.social, spoke to LBC News's Vanessa Baffoe about the findings.

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LBC News - 9 June 2025

YouTube video by NFER

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Jun 10

🔬 'Teaching does not reflect diversity in the working-age or school-age populations - but the diversity of training applicants is high'

Jack Worth presents new research from @thenfer.bsky.social and @mission44.bsky.social
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Why we must improve teaching’s ethnic diversity – and how

Our new research shows more inclusive recruitment and retention is vital to solving the workforce crisis

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National Foundation for Educational Research @thenfer.bsky.social · May 22

🗣️ Our School Workforce Lead @jackworth.bsky.social has given his reaction to the announcement of a 4% pay rise for teachers and leaders for the 2025/26 academic year, as well as additional funding for schools and colleges.

Read the full quote 👉 bit.ly/4jcuomo