This document presents data from the TES Teacher Recruitment Index, which tracks trends in English schools' ability to recruit teachers across different regions, subjects, and school types. Some of the key findings presented include: - The hardest regions for schools to recruit teachers are London, Southeast England, and the West Midlands, while the easiest are Northeast England, Northwest England, and Southwest England. - The toughest subjects to recruit teachers for are Physics, Maths, and English, while the easiest are Classics, Performing Arts, and PE. - Between 2012-2015, recruitment difficulty increased the most in Inner London, Yorkshire/Humber region, and Northwest England. The subjects seeing the biggest

1. TES
Teacher
Recruitment
Index
Easter
2015
Data
A
unique
measure
of
English
schools’
ability
to
recruit
teachers
across
regions,
subjects
and
school
type
November
2015

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3. About
the
Index
The
TES
Teacher
Recruitment
Index
tracks
trends
in
the
changing
ability
of
schools
in
England
to
recruit
teachers
across
regions,
subjects
and
school
type.
This
unique
and
comprehensive
survey
is
updated
with
5,000
new
school
interviews
three
5mes
a
year,
asking
a
series
of
ques5ons
on
their
ability
to
a>ract
teachers.
It
is
based
on
four
years
of
data,
indexed
rela5ve
to
a
2012
benchmark.
Index
numbers
do
not
represent
percentages,
but
a
rela4ve
measure
of
change
and
trends
measured
through
points.

4. The
Index
It
may
not
be
a
crisis,
but
it
will
certainly
feel
like
it
in
some
areas
of
the
country.

5. English
regions
finding
it
the
hardest
and
easiest
to
appoint
new
teachers
Regional
winners
and
losers
Losers
1. London
2. SE
England
3. West
Midlands
Winners
1. NE
England
2. NW
England
3. SW
England

6. Regions
that
have
seen
the
greatest
fall
in
successful
recruitment
rates
since
2012
Regional
fastest
fallers
Fastest
Fallers
1. Inner
London
2. Yorkshire
&
Humber
3. North
West
England

7. Regional
index
ranked
Ranked
by
difficulty
to
recruit
in
2015
1.
Inner
London
2.
London
(all
areas
combined)
3.
South
East
England
4.
Outer
London
5.
West
Midlands
6.
East
of
England
7.
Yorkshire
and
the
Humber
8.
East
Midlands
9.
South
West
England
10.
North
West
England
11.
North
East
England

8. Regional
index
Ad
Tracking
Survey
–
Recruitment
Index
during
Easter
Peak
(England
only)
across
regions
and
Dme.
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
FY12
FY13
FY14
FY15
NE
England
NW
England
SW
England
Inner
London
SE
England
West
Midlands
NaTonal
average
in
2012

9. Regional
index
Ad
Tracking
Survey
–
Recruitment
Index
during
Easter
Peak
(England
only)
across
regions
and
Dme.
Region FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15
England
(17,846) 100.0
95.7
97.5
90.6
East
Midlands
(1,293) 101.6
98.6
103.0
93.7
East
of
England
(1,934) 95.2
86.8
95.2
89.2
London
(3,740) 95.5
92.1
97.5
85.2
Inner
London
(1,456) 97.6
94.1
101.6
83.8
Outer
London
(2,284) 94.1
90.9
95.1
86.0
North
East
England
(525) 103.9
110.6
108.2
99.9
North
West
England
(2,142) 111.1
102.2
102.0
98.4
South
East
England
(3,127) 98.1
92.6
94.3
85.5
South
West
England
(1,587) 103.5
100.7
101.4
97.0
West
Midlands
(1,828) 98.2
95.6
92.8
88.6
Yorkshire
and
the
Humber
(1,670) 103.4
101.4
95.6
90.5
*FY12
England
=
100
(Index
base)
Recruitment
Index*

10. The
easiest
and
toughest
subjects
for
schools
to
recruit
for
today
Subject
index:
Easiest
and
toughest
Losers
1. Physics
2. Maths
3. English
Winners
1. Classics
2. Performing
Arts
3. PE

11. Subjects
with
the
greatest
momentum,
up
and
down
Subject
index:
Fastest
fallers
and
risers
GeWng
tougher
1. IT
2. Physics
3. Science
GeWng
easier
1. Special
Needs
2. Classics
3. Performing
Arts

12. Subject
index
Ranked
by
difficulty
to
recruit
in
2015
1.
Physics
2.
Maths
3.
English
4.
IT
5.
Chemistry
6.
Biology
7.
Hospitality/
Catering
8.
Economics
9.
Geography
10.
Psychology
11.
Design
&
Technology
12.
Religious
EducaTon
13.
Special
Needs
14.
History
15.
Music
16.
Modern
Languages
17.
Art
&
Design
18.
Sociology
19.
Drama
20.
PE
21.
Performing
Arts
22.
Classics

13. Subject
index
Ad
Tracking
Survey
–
Recruitment
Index
during
Easter
Peak
(England
only)
across
subjects
and
Dme.
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
FY12
FY13
FY14
FY15
Performing
Arts
PE
English
Maths
Physics
NaTonal
average
in
2012

14. Subject
index
Ad
Tracking
Survey
–
Recruitment
Index
during
Easter
Peak
(England
only)
across
subjects
and
Dme
Recruitm
ent
Index*
England
Classics
Perform
ing
Arts
Physical
Education
Pastoral/Curriculum
M
anagem
ent
No
subjectDram
a
Sociology
Art
and
Design
PSHE
M
odern
Languages
M
usic
History
Special
Needs
Religious
Education
Design
and
Technology
PsychologyGeographyBusiness
Studies
and
Econom
ics
Food
Tech/Hospitality/Catering
Hum
anitiesBiology
Other
than
by
Subject
Chem
istryScience
Inform
ation
Technology
English
M
athem
aticsM
edia
Studies
Physics
Surveys: 17,846 46 97 660 130 268 276 78 522 111 1,365 439 768 347 541 693 198 851 474 213 302 220 150 260 2,296 672 2,571 2,732 134 332
FY12 100.0
102.8
103.0
115.0
106.4
103.2
111.2
108.7
109.6
93.4
100.3
106.9
109.2
83.9
107.3
102.7
97.7
108.9
101.6
89.8
106.4
102.1
108.1
94.9
102.3
105.2
96.6
87.4
96.0
94.2
FY13 95.7
118.6
98.0
111.3
94.3
92.2
105.2
91.6
102.8
100.6
100.3
110.9
102.8
97.3
107.3
101.8
102.1
97.1
94.7
96.6
85.0
102.0
93.6
95.8
91.9
94.5
93.9
83.1
94.9
96.1
FY14 97.5
94.9
107.3
114.7
103.8
109.7
113.4
101.6
113.4
106.3
106.0
106.5
102.1
100.7
99.0
97.0
103.1
95.4
94.4
96.4
81.8
111.9
91.7
96.6
95.7
93.4
95.6
87.5
106.7
92.0
FY15 90.6
118.6
118.6
114.5
110.9
110.1
105.4
104.4
104.0
103.8
103.0
102.5
102.2
101.6
100.0
96.7
96.4
92.9
92.8
92.2
90.3
87.4
85.4
85.2
83.2
82.0
81.4
79.9
76.7
72.0
*FY12
England
=
100
(Index
base)

15. The
rarest
teachers
in
England
Teacher
spoWng
–
by
subject
&
region
2.
Secondary
Maths
teacher
in
the
East
of
England
1.
Secondary
Physics
teacher
in
London

16. September
Leadership
Survey
235
respondents

17. Are
you
fully
staffed
for
the
coming
academic
year?
September
Leadership
Survey
46%
of
schools
have
unfilled
posiTons
7.23%
No,
we
are
facing
serious
shortages
of
staff
53.62%
Yes,
we
are
comfortably
staffed
39.15%
We
have
a
small
number
of
unfilled
posts

18. What
are
you
doing
to
address
this?
September
Leadership
Survey
26%
of
schools
are
increasing
use
of
supply
teachers
25.59%
Increasing
our
use
of
supply
teachers
6.69%
Other
16.14%
Using
teachers
to
teach
lessons
in
subjects
in
which
they
do
not
specialise.
NB:
This
rises
to
56%
for
secondary
only.
15.75%
Increasing
our
use
of
recruitment
agents
11.42%
Increasing
the
number
of
unqualified
staff
that
teach
lessons
9.06%
Increase
use
of
teachers
from
overseas
8.27%
Reducing
the
number
of
subjects
offered
7.09%
Increasing
class
sizes

19. What
do
you
think
will
happen
to
your
school
budget
over
the
next
3
or
4
years?
September
Leadership
Survey
66%
of
schools
say
their
budget
is
likely
to
decrease
11.49%
Likely
to
increase
17.02%
Likely
to
stay
the
same
65.96%
Likely
to
decrease
5.53
I
don’t
know

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