A Tipping Point’ in Teacher Retention and Accountability

The Case of Inspection

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ID8405029
AutoresJone Perryman (0000-0001-6880-8661, University College London, autor de correspondencia), Alice Bradbury (0000-0003-3269-6199, University College London), Graham Calvert (0009-0007-6460-7556, University College London), Katie Kilian (0000-0003-2712-9296, University College London)
Año2025
Volumen73
Número2
Páginas181-200
Fecha de publicación2025-03-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00071005.2024.2439791
OpenAlexW4405452588
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas32

Accountability policy and its negative effects on teachers’ working lives and retention is internationally recognised as a problem in education with school evaluation and inspection being a particular issue, particularly in England. Research suggests that the school inspection system Ofsted impacts negatively on the health and well-being of staff and negatively influences teachers’ working practices, which can affect teacher retention. This paper examines the findings of a recent English research project entitled ‘Beyond Ofsted’ (2023) which aimed to gather a wide range of views on both the current inspection system and potential alternatives. The data discussed in this paper is from part of the data collection which was a large-scale survey of teachers and school leaders. One of the findings of the Beyond Ofsted report was that 76% of our survey respondents thought that Ofsted had a negative effect on retention, with 30% considering leaving as a result of their most recent inspection. We found many reasons for this: the overall experience of inspection, the work in preparing for inspection, and many describing the regime as ‘toxic and brutal’. We argue that this is a compelling argument for urgent reform

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