1、 International Teacher Recruitment Research report June 2025 Authors:John Higton,Yasmin White,Rebecca Nicoletti,Malina Cojocaru,Sophie Harvey-Rich,Kirsty Duncan 1 Contents List of figures 3 Glossary 5 Executive summary 7 Introduction and methodology 7 1.Introduction and methodology 12 Background and
2、 context 12 Research aims 12 Methodology 13 2.Motivations 17 Leaders motivations for recruiting international teachers 17 Motivations for,and barriers to,applying for teaching roles in England 19 Motivations for training in England 22 3.Recruitment and application processes 27 Leaders approaches to
3、recruiting international teachers 27 Teachers experiences of applying to roles in England 33 Recruitment agencies approaches to placing international teachers 38 Training providers approaches to recruiting international trainees 40 Trainees experiences of applying to courses in England 42 4.Incentiv
4、es and support 45 Awareness of incentives and support 45 5.Experiences employing international teachers,teaching in English schools,and teacher training in England 56 Employing international teachers in England 56 Teaching in England 61 Living in England 66 Support 67 Training in England 69 Relocati
5、ng to England 73 6.The future of international teacher recruitment and international teacher trainees 77 2 Anticipating trends in international teacher recruitment 77 Future intentions of international teachers 78 Improvements to recruitment processes 83 Improvements to employing international teach
6、ers and trainees 89 7.Conclusions from the research 92 International teachers played a key role in helping schools fill vacancies,but schools faced barriers recruiting them 92 All audiences said the visa application process is too complicated 93 International teachers and trainees can be unprepared