DfE Recruitment Research 

Why Are More Teachers Leaving Teaching Than Entering?

22nd July 201816th July 2018 @TeacherToolkit 113 Views 0 Comments Census, Demographics, Department for Education, Ethnicity, FTE, full-time, Gender, Newly Qualified Teacher, Part-Time, Pupil Numbers, pupil teacher ratio, Qualified Teacher Status, Recruitment, Retention, Salary, School Workforce Census, Teacher Pay, Vacancies

What does the latest research tell us about the education workforce in England?

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DfE Pay Policies 

Gender Pay Gap: Only One Piece of the Equality Jigsaw

30th May 201831st May 2018 Claire Boyd 672 Views 0 Comments Equality, Gender, gender gap, Gender Pay Gap, Government Equalities Office, leadership, maternity, Maternity Leave, Median Pay Gap, Multi-Academy Trusts, NASUWT, Office for National Statistics, Pay Gap, women

What does the gender pay gap mean for women working in schools? 

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DfE Leadership Research 

Research Questions About Education

20th May 201819th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 975 Views 2 Comments Areas of Research Interest, ARI, Cognitive Science, Contextual Value Added, Department for Education, DfE, Early Years, England, Further Education, higher education, Mental Health, Ofsted, performance, School Inspection, SEND

What questions are the Department for Education currently researching about education in our schools?

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DfE Ofsted Parenting 

What Are Parents’ Perceptions of OfSTED?

19th April 201818th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1139 Views 3 Comments Annual Survey, Childcare, childcare provider, Department for Education, Inspection, Ofsted, Ofsted report, Parent View, Parents, YouGov

Is it true, that parents read and trust OfSTED reports?

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DfE Ofsted Policies 

Can Machine Learning Predict A School Inspection?

12th April 201813th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2320 Views 7 Comments accountability, Data, Department for Education, Inspection, machine learning, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, Paul Moore, School Inspections, UCL

How do OfSTED determine which schools to inspect? 

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Is The Fear Narrative Out Of Proportion?

8th February 201810th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1286 Views 2 Comments @TeacherToolkit, Amanda Spielman, blogs, British Values, busload of heads, Curriculum, Education, evidence, Examinations, Exams, gaming the system, hijab, HMCI, HMI, Inspection, leadership, Michael Gove, Michael Wilshaw, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Parent View, Peter Wilby, School Inspection, Schools, Sean Harford, Teacher Toolkit, Teacher View, teaching, Testing, The Guardian, Trojan Horse

Is the inspection ‘fear narrative’ out of proportion claims OfSTED’s chief, Amanda Spielman?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Raging Against The Machine

4th February 20182nd February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1326 Views 3 Comments #OfSTEDBanners, Alex Tomlin, Amanda Spielman, Conservatives, Department for Education, DfE, Exams, Flip the System, Inspections, Interview, Jelmer Evers, Justine Greening, labour, league tables, National Education Union, NEU, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Sean Harford

How can we sort our education system once and for all?

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DfE Policies Research 

Does Performance Related Pay Make You A Better Teacher?

3rd February 201829th January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2259 Views 2 Comments Academies, Appraisal, attainment, classroom observation, Data, Department for Education, evidence, GCSEs, headteachers, LEA< local authority, Main Pay Scale, MPS, outcomes, Performance-related pay, Professor Simon Burgess, PRP, Recruitment, Retention, The Conversation, Threshold, University of Bristol, Upper Pay Scale, UPS, Workload

Does performance related pay make you a better teacher?

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DfE Policies Teaching and Learning 

9 Teaching Ideas to Bin in 2018

1st January 201831st December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 9530 Views 14 Comments #OfSTEDBanners, Amanda Spielman, Appraisal, Assessment, banners, Bin, books looks, coloured pens, Data, Department for Education, Graded Lessons, Jarlath O’Brien, Lesson observations, letterheads, logos, Loic Menzies, Marking, MockSTED, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Performance-related pay, polarisation, Progressive, PRP, Richard Kennett, Senior Leadership, Teaching Ideas, Tom Sherrington, Traditional, work scrutinies, Workload, Yellow Box

What teaching ideas would you like to say goodbye to in 2018?

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DfE Policies Research 

Teacher Workload: Policy vs. Practice

12th November 201710th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4644 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Curriculum, Data, Department for Education, Exams, Lesson planning, Marking, Ofsted, Policy, SATs, Vacancies, Workload, Workload Challenge

What is the Department for Education doing to help reduce teacher workload?

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Assessment DfE Policies 

In Search Of Research: Mathematical Intimidation

21st October 201728th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4990 Views 0 Comments accountability, Amerin-Beardsley, Appraisal, Department for Education, Evaluation of Teachers’ Pay Reform Research, Flip the System, Gary Rubinstein, Good or Outstanding, Google Scholar, Learning Styles, Lord Jim Knight, Michael Gove, Value Added Measure, Van Der Wateren

Does performance appraisal lead to teacher improvement?

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DfE Research 

Small-Scale Research

23rd August 201716th August 2017 @TeacherToolkit 1851 Views 1 Comment Childcare, Department for Education, Mental Health, Ofsted, Research, School Inspection, Transgender

What research does the Department for Education conduct which is ‘off the radar’?

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Curriculum DfE 

An EBacc Embarrassment

19th July 201719th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4402 Views 1 Comment Consultation, Curriculum, Department for Education, DfE, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, House of Lords, Justine Greening

Why have we had to wait 500+ days for the Department of Education to publish 2,755 responses to their consultation?

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DfE Recruitment Research 

Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey

11th July 201711th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2757 Views 0 Comments CPD, curriculum reform, Department for Education, Professional development, recruitment and retention, Research, School Workforce Census, Teacher Supply, Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey, Workload

Is it really true, that teacher workload has been reduced?

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DfE Leadership Recruitment 

Is There A Teacher Recruitment Crisis?

1st July 201716th July 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3934 Views 0 Comments age, Census, Department for Education, disability, Ethnicity, FTE, full-time, full-time equivalent, leadership, National Statistics, Part-Time, pupil teacher ratio, qualifications, Recruitment, Research, Retention, Salary, School Workforce Census, statistics, teacher's pay, teaching, Vacancies, Workforce Census

Is there a recruitment crisis, and what does the latest research tell us about the education workforce?

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