Not exact matches
The YouGov survey found that 43 per
cent of the
teachers questioned believed the premium had been effective in improving outcomes for poor pupils, while 19 per
cent of respondents said they did not
know.
Importantly, 71 per
cent of students felt that their
teachers better understood their learning habits and
knew their
teachers better, whilst 70 per
cent reported getting on better with their peers.
Firstly, it is reassuring to
know that the vast majority
of teachers want first aid in the classroom (96 per
cent).
Key findings from the evaluation show that 70 per
cent of Key Stage 2 students felt they
knew their
teachers better and 71 per
cent felt they got on better with their peers as a result
of their residential experiences.
We all
know that recruitment and retention in teaching is an issue, but even we were surprised when we conducted a survey
of over 1,000 UK
teachers in June last year, which revealed that 61 per
cent of teachers were thinking
of leaving teaching.
Almost a fifth (18 per
cent)
of teachers said they don't
know what their school's main priority for pupil premium spending is.
Only one per
cent of teachers overestimated the proportion
of state school students at the two universities while one in 20 (six per
cent) got the right proportion and 38 per
cent said they didn't
know.
The survey also found that one in five
teachers did not
know what the main priorities for their pupil premium funding was, with early intervention schemes cited as the most common priority for spending, identified by 28 per
cent of respondents.
We already
know that five per
cent of teachers who qualify are international students, many
of those will go home so they're not going to teach here.
Additionally, 58 per
cent of school leaders have had to offer enhanced salaries or other financial incentives to recruit
teachers, while 27 per
cent are
no longer able to provide courses in some subjects, such as design and technology, music and modern foreign languages.
More than one - third (36 per
cent)
of teachers say they
know that technology can fundamentally improve results in schools, but nearly half (46 per
cent) rarely use the technology in their classrooms, primarily because they don't
know how to effectively integrate it into teaching and learning.
In long term follow up at Key Stage 2, for example, 79 per
cent of children felt that they
knew their
teachers better, and 71 per
cent claimed that they had better relationships with their peers as a result
of the residential.
Here, we
know that England has a challenge ahead — PISA data has shown that 45 per
cent of heads reported
teacher shortages were the greatest hindrance to improving outcomes, compared to the OECD average
of 30 per
cent.
According to a survey by social enterprise company MyKindaCrowd, 54 per
cent of teachers believe their students
know more about ICT and computing than they do.
But the subjects
known to be experiencing a long - term shortage
of teachers, namely Physics, Chemistry and Maths, stand out as having lower shares
of trainees achieving QTS, at 85, 87 and 89 per
cent respectively.