More time out of classroom ‘best way to attract teachers to challenging schools’

Giving teachers more time out of the classroom could encourage them to teach in challenging schools, a study has found.

More free periods would be an incentive for staff to spend at least part of their career in this type of school.

It also suggests that many teachers believe that staff who improve pupils’ results and boost progress should be given cash bonuses.

The findings come in a new report by the Sutton Trust which is based on a survey of almost 1,500 teachers.

The study, which will be presented at an international education summit in London today, reveals that a third of those polled said that the most important thing government could do to encourage more teachers to work in challenging schools is to offer lower contact hours – such as free periods.

Read her full report here

See also her other PA report on the summit  Unruly pupils and weak school leaders put off bright teachers, says Ofsted chief

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