Examining teacher recruitment strategies in England

For national education systems, the goal of an effective teacher recruitment strategy is not simply to attract more applicants, but high-quality applicants who are well suited teaching and likely remain in profession. The this article examine strategies England propose new models understand improve these strategies. We began by reviewing personnel theories research from related fields. Next, we analysed publicly available messages two key organisations England: Department for Education (DfE) Teach First. then compared with developed health professions (as presented National Health Service). findings highlight that documents DfE First emphasise administrative/system changes personal utility messages, whereas public-facing advertisements focus on utility, social a lesser extent, attributes deemed be important teaching. conclude proposing how could strongly grounded relevant theoretical empirical work.