This event will focus on two inter-related topics. First, the issue of teacher recruitment and retention. Second, how socioeconomic disadvantage and geographical context shape educational outcomes in England. There will be three papers on the teacher recruitment and retention strand, including a keynote, a paper that will share findings and lessons being learned from the ESRC Education Research Programme (ERP) and a paper that reflects on how London schools improved the diversity, recruitment, and retention of ethnic minority teachers in the capital. There will also be three papers in the second strand that focus on strategies for addressing and closing educational attainment gaps for vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils. These papers will explore the role of the SENCo and the role of pupil premium in closing attainment gaps and a reflection on how the ‘London Effect’ survived the Covid-19 pandemic and lessons from London on closing the disadvantaged attainment gap.
Our target audience is teacher educators, school leaders, teachers, educational researchers and policy makers. This event brings together cutting-edge research to explore the challenges of teacher training, supply and retention and how place, vulnerability and socioeconomic status contribute to educational underachievement. It will provide a comprehensive understanding of the issues related to teacher recruitment and retention and the challenges faced by vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils, offering actionable insights to teacher educators, school leaders, teachers and policy makers into strategies to improve teacher supply and to close attainment gaps.
This is a BERA event.