Chartered College of Teaching · Continuous professional development and career progression in mid-career teachers
Recent data suggests that even though there are some early signs of progress, teacher recruitment and retention are likely to remain an issue over the next few years. While teacher retention improved slightly in 2018/19, recruitment for the secondary sector remains below target and this particularly affects subjects such as physics, maths, modern foreign languages and chemistry (Worth, 2020). As Worth (2020) outlines, retaining more teachers in the profession means that fewer teachers need to enter the profession to ensure sufficient supply, which in turn would mean that recruitment targets could be met more easily and supply pressures would be eased. A strong focus of the Department for Education (DfE) in England recently, has been to support early career teachers, for example, through the development of a two-year package to support the professional deve
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