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SCHOOL RECRUITMENT RESEARCH

Help shape a simpler way to recruit teachers.

We’re exploring a pay-as-you-go approach to advertising teaching vacancies. We’d like to understand schools’ recruitment experiences and whether an alternative like this would be useful. We plan to share a summary of what we learn.

No subscription costs. A pay-as-you-go model with variable rates for individual campaigns.
Reach local candidates. Explore targeted advertising to reach people who may not be actively looking and bring relevant traffic to your job ad.
A clear campaign budget. The idea is to let schools set a budget for each vacancy.

All questions are optional · Please don’t include personal information in your answers.

School recruitment survey

Select the answers that best describe your experience.

About your school or trust

Help us understand the context for your answers.

1. What is your role? 2. What type of organisation do you represent? 3. What phase does your organisation represent? 4. Which region does your school or trust primarily serve?

Recruitment challenges

Tell us about the vacancies and roles you find difficult to fill.

5. Approximately how many staff vacancies did your school or trust try to fill in the past 12 months? Include teaching, leadership and support roles. 6. Approximately what proportion of those vacancies were difficult to fill? For example, you received few suitable applicants or had to re-advertise.

7. Which types of role have been difficult to recruit for in the past 12 months? Select all that apply.

8. For difficult-to-fill teaching or subject leadership roles, which subjects or areas were involved? Select all that apply, or leave blank if you are unsure.

9. Which recruitment challenges have you faced in the past 12 months? Select all that apply.

10. When staff roles are hard to fill, what actions do you usually take? Select all that apply.

Reaching applicants

Tell us where you advertise and how well your current channels work.

11. Which channels have you used to recruit staff in the past 12 months? Select all that apply

12. How satisfied are you with the results from your current recruitment channels?

About the idea

We’re considering a service that would advertise individual vacancies online for a fee, with the advertising budget paid separately. It isn’t available yet.

13. How interested would you be in advertising a single vacancy through a pay-as-you-go service? 14. What total budget might you consider for a four-week campaign, including advertising spend and the service fee? 15. Would you consider taking part in a pilot if we develop this service? 16. Would you like us to share the results of this survey with you?