§ 26. Mr. SymsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the reasons teachers leave the profession. [56371]
§ Mr. TimmsThe Department has commissioned Professor Alan Smithers and Dr. Pamela Robinson, from the university of Liverpool, Centre for Education and Employment Research to undertake research into this issue. The study is gathering information from a nationally representative survey of teachers leaving the profession about the factors affecting their decisions to leave teaching. The research commenced in December 2001 and we expect the report to be published in March 2003.