Office Of Manpower Economics
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This research was commissioned by the Office of Manpower Economics. Key findings include:
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only two per cent of teachers who left teaching switched to a different professional or managerial career
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more than two-thirds (72 per cent) of teachers who left for another job remained working in the wider education and childcare sector after leaving
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teachers who left teaching for another job tended to earn more than when they were a teacher, but less than otherwise similar teachers who stayed in teaching
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earnings after leaving teaching tended to differ across gender, phase and experience
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relative to similar teachers who stayed in teaching, female, primary and experienced teachers who left teaching tended to earn less than male, secondary and inexperienced teachers who left
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teacher pay appears to have become relatively less competitive compared to outside options over the last decade, particularly for early-career teachers