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Transforming Teacher Recruitment and Retention Summit 2025

Tue, 21 Jan 2025

Virtual, Online

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“We hear a lot about the recruitment challenge in education - how in recent years we have failed to train enough teachers to meet the needs of our schools. This year alone, we missed the teacher recruitment target by a historic gap of 38%. This shortfall means that we are training 8,585 fewer teachers than we need to ensure every classroom has a teacher up front.”

Missing Mothers Report, 2024

“Research also suggests that introducing flexible working arrangements tends to have other positive impacts as well, such as increased wellbeing, job satisfaction, attendance, motivation, teaching capacity, expertise and career progression. While flexible working arrangements can involve costs on schools and pupils, surveys of teachers and leaders suggest that these benefits can often outweigh the costs”

Harland, Bradley and Worth, 2023

“Teacher supply in England is in a critical state that represents a substantial risk to the quality of education. Since the pandemic, secondary teacher recruitment has been far below what is needed to meet schools’ needs for new teachers, and this is unlikely to be any different this year. Applications for the 2024/25 ITT cycle so far suggest recruitment for 10 out of 17 secondary subjects is at risk of missing targets.”

Teacher Labour Market in England Annual Report 2024

In today's educational landscape, attracting and keeping talented educators is more challenging than ever. Reports show that record numbers of teachers are leaving the profession, and recruitment targets are being missed at a record high. Whilst Labour have pledged to recruit 6,500 with a focus on key subjects and hard-to-staff areas, there also needs to be a focus on retaining experienced teachers.

This event brings together industry experts to explore current trends, share innovative solutions, and discuss the latest research. Gain practical insights into topics such as reducing staff workload, introducing flexible working, boosting teacher wellbeing and developing strategic recruitment campaigns that make your organisation stand out. With a mix of keynote presentations, case studies, and interactive Q&A sessions, this conference is designed to provide actionable strategies that you can implement immediately. Secure your place today and be part of the movement to shape the future of teacher recruitment and retention.

Who should attend?

All senior leaders in schools, multi academy trusts and post 16 settings.

This conference will enable you to:

  • Gain insights and explore trends and challenges in teacher recruitment and retention

  • Learn effective strategies to reduce staff workload and understand its impact on staff retention and collaboration

  • Discover how AI can be implemented to streamline workload and improve efficiency in educational settings

  • Learn how to create compelling job adverts, explore alternative recruitment channels, and USPs of schools and trusts

  • Gain insights from case studies on flexible working policies and their impact on staff satisfaction and retention

  • Explore the benefits and implementation strategies of innovative flexible working policies, such as the 9-day fortnight

  • Understand the reasons behind the exit of women in their 30s from the profession and develop strategies to retain and recruit this crucial group

  • Learn about the value of instructional coaching, its implementation, and its positive impact on teacher retention and recruitment

  • Discover proactive ways to monitor and support staff wellbeing, recognize signs of burnout, and understand the importance of wellbeing in relation to retention

  • Set the stage for collaborative approaches to address recruitment and retention challenges in the education sector

Speakers include:

Mr Andrew Blench

School Business Management Consultant and Coach
School Business Partner
Cockermouth School

Mrs Sam Garner

Mental Health & Inclusion Consultant
Balanced People Ltd

Charlotte Bleakley

Digital Lead/English & Media Teacher
Roding Valley High School

Kelly Hannaghan

Mental Health Consultant, Motivational Speaker & Coach
Mind Word Matters Ltd

Exhibition & Sponsorship Packages

This conference offers a valuable opportunity for industry suppliers to personally meet with their target audience where they will have time to talk and demonstrate the benefits of their products. High quality specialist audiences make having a presence at our events a highly targeted and cost effective marketing channel.

Why Exhibit?

Having a presence at this event will give you the opportunity to:

  • Demonstrate your product, system or service
  • Network and engage with your key audience  
  • Generate new business leads
  • Gain exposure for your brand and raise the profile of your organisation
  • Understand the current needs of your audience and challenges they’re facing
  • Update your knowledge of national policy and local developments  

Enquire

Contact Carolyn Goodbody for exhibition and sponsorship prices, or to discuss a tailored package to suit your needs and budget.

Fee Options

Virtual NHS, Schools, Care and Public Sector

£295.00

(£354.00)

Virtual Commercial organisations

£549.00

(£658.80)

(Prices in brackets include VAT)

Discounts

Additional delegate discount:

A discount of 15% will be applied to fees for any extra delegates.

Online discount:

A discount of 10% will be applied if you pay using the website.

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