Published date: 19 July 2018

Last edited date: 19 July 2018

This notice was replaced on 19 July 2018

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Awarded contract (published 14 March 2019, last edited 14 March 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

DFERPPU/2018/015

Published date

19 July 2018

Closing date

27 March 2018

Contract start date

1 June 2018

Contract end date

31 December 2018

Contract type

Not specified

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Expressions of interest are sought to provide evidence on the kind of strategies that would be effective in encouraging teachers to move into challenging schools within the vicinity of their current location. A crucial aspect of this research will be obtaining relevant evidence from ITT graduates, NQTs, class teachers and head teachers regarding their opinions, attitudes and motivations related to the strategies.

Aims

The Department for Education wants to improve social mobility for children, especially those in schools where there are supply issues or other challenging characteristics. Such schools are often in challenging areas and a key strategy in this approach would be the incentivising of teachers to move to such schools.

Hence, there is a requirement for research into the effectiveness of incentives to encourage NQTs, high-quality teachers (and their head teachers) to take part in such initiatives. The perception of NQTS, teachers and head teachers - their opinions, attitudes and motivations toward different incentives - will provide the Department for Education with vital information to drive policy development in this area.

The overarching aim of this proposed research is therefore to provide information on what interventions might be best able to attract excellent teachers to work in schools located in challenging areas. There are three key objectives:

(i) Provide robust qualitative evidence concerning the attitudes of teachers and head teachers to relocating staff to challenging schools: Why would teachers move, why would head teachers let them, and what barriers might there be to the initiative?
(ii) Provide robust qualitative evidence concerning the attitudes of teachers and head teachers to specific interventions. This would provide the department with information as to which strategies were most likely to work.
(iii) Provide robust qualitative evidence concerning the attitudes of ITT graduates to applying as NQTs to challenging schools: Why would they apply and what barriers might prevent their applications?

More information

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Michele Weatherburn

Address

Teachers Analysis Division
Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

Michele.weatherburn@education.gov.uk