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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Multi-academy trusts have higher secondary-level teacher turnover than local authority schools

Pupils, seen from behind, raise their hands in a classroom
The school system in England has undergone rapid and far-reaching change since Labour introduced academies in 2002. Photograph: Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images

Multi-academy trusts (Mats) in England have significantly higher annual turnover of classroom teachers at secondary level than schools maintained by local authorities, analysis has found.

Teacher recruitment and retention is a challenge facing all schools but the problem is particularly acute in larger Mats where annual teacher turnover stands at 19.5% on average compared with just 14.4% at the median local authority, the research showed.

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