Exploring Teaching Assistants’ appetite to become teachers (DfE, 2019)
Telephone interviews with 60 teaching assistants (TAs) across 60 schools to explore their intentions and perceptions towards becoming teachers to help the DfE understand the feasibility of (and any challenges associated with) encouraging TAs to become teachers. The research informed the DfE’s recruitment and retention strategy which aims to address teacher supply challenges and consider new ways to encourage potential teachers to join the profession.