Recommendation 2

Our evidence suggests that recruitment and retention issues occur at every stage of education, from primary school through to further education. However, the challenge increases as we move up the phases with more vacancies and a greater retention challenge in secondary than in primary and again in post 16. The Department must ensure that efforts are being made to improve recruitment and retention throughout all stages of education and that any demographic bulges are tracked, planned for and responded to right the way through the system.