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

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.

The school system in England has undergone rapid and far-reaching change since Labour introduced academies in 2002 as a means of raising educational standards in disadvantaged communities and areas of low performance.

We cannot conclude that, based on performance alone, the Mat structure should be preferred to the local authority model, or vice versa.”

Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said it was commonplace for students to be taught by three different, often non-specialist teachers in a given subject within a year.

“There has been a fundamental failure by successive Conservative governments to make teaching attractive and paid well enough for people to stay.

“This new research provides a strong foundation on which to build a more rounded understanding of how school groups in England are performing.”