Research and analysis
Use of supply teachers in schools
Research about the use of supply teachers in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools in England.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
This research aimed to understand how schools use supply teachers and examined:
- reasons why schools use supply teachers
- school approaches to deploying supply teachers
- different models for the supply teacher procurement
- supply teacher management and CPD
- the characteristics of the supply teacher workforce
This report includes findings from:
- surveys with 1,500 supply teachers and a representative sample of schools
- interviews with 60 supply teachers, 22 leaders and 7 supply teacher providers