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Mid-career teachers often do not need a new school or a move into leadership; they need a credible route that keeps classroom practice at the centre. This article sets out four options, the questions that test fit, and what senior leaders must do to make them visible.
Exit interviews arrive too late to keep good teachers. This article sets out how school leaders can use short, regular stay conversations to surface dissatisfaction early, ask better questions and act on what they hear without turning retention into another compliance exercise.
Retention is not won at a conference or with a wellbeing hamper; it is won in ordinary Tuesday afternoon conversations. This piece examines the small, practical mentoring moves that keep early-career teachers in the profession, with scripts, a short framework and CPD takeaways for schools.