Policy papers and consultations

A framework of standards to help early career teachers succeed at the start of their careers.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 January 2024

Progress made against our commitments since the launch of the education staff wellbeing charter in 2021.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 15 January 2024

The Department for Education’s strategy for recruiting and retaining school teachers in state-funded schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 5 February 2019

• Teacher recruitment and retention strategy

  Foreword from the Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP…

A statement setting out the Department for Education’s commitment to increasing the diversity of the teaching workforce.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 11 October 2018

A call to seek views on how mathematics early-career payments should be administered.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 31 August 2018

We're seeking views on plans to revise our guidance on managing staff employment in schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 24 May 2018

How the government is working with the education sector to help schools adopt flexible working arrangements that benefit teachers and children alike.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 11 December 2017

The Department for Education is carrying out a review of trade union facility time in schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 January 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This report is the outcome of a vetting and barring scheme review and draws on stakeholder consultation.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 February 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government