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<p>In January the Department launched the Government’s first ever integrated strategy
to recruit and retain more teachers in schools, developed alongside teachers, education
unions and leading professional bodies.</p><p>This landmark strategy includes the
biggest teaching reform in a generation, the Early Career Framework (ECF), providing
the solid foundations for a successful career in teaching, backed by at least £130
million a year in extra funding when fully rolled out. As part of the ECF’s package
of support, the Department has committed to funding and guaranteeing 5% off-timetable
in the second year of teaching for all early career teachers; early career teachers
will continue to have a 10% timetable reduction in their first year of induction.
The Department will also fully fund mentor training and fund time for mentors to support
early career teachers.</p><p>The Department recognises it needs to take significant
action on starting salaries and early career pay over the medium-term to address our
pressing recruitment and retention challenges. This is why the Department has set
out plans to significantly raise starting pay to £30,000 by September 2022.</p><p>The
Department has also put in place a range of measures, including bursaries worth up
to £26,000 for priority subjects, to encourage graduates to teach key subjects such
as languages and physics.</p><p>The Department is also offering retention incentives
in priority subjects to ensure we are keeping those teachers in the classroom. These
include early-career payments for new chemistry, languages, maths and physics teachers
and a student loan reimbursement scheme for languages, science and computing teachers.
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