What would keep or attract more teachers in the profession?

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The Liberal Democrats say investment in the sector will give children the chance to flourish. While Labour say giving staff a better work life balance and valuing the workforce is the best way to achieve this.

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00:00 >>Mr Speaker An inspirational teacher, as my right hon.

00:03 Friend knows, is often the key to opening opportunities to young people for their future.

00:08 What more can the Government do to help retain more of these good aspirational teachers?

00:13 >>The Prime Minister The early careers framework has just been

00:18 introduced last year and is really focused on trying to make sure that we support teachers,

00:23 particularly in the first five years, to make sure that we retain more teachers. The figures

00:27 show that the risk of retention is actually in the first, you know, nought to five years.

00:32 So we put a lot of work and effort into making sure that we support teachers more during

00:36 that period.

00:37 >>Education Secretary Gillian Keegan answered questions in the House of Commons last year

00:41 ahead of strike action taken by teachers across England and Wales in disputes over pay and

00:46 working conditions. Now, latest figures reveal a shortage of teaching staff, indicating issues

00:52 with training and retention, while some schools trial measures like earlier finishes on Fridays

00:57 or whole days off for mental well-being. Some experts believe a shake-up of the whole term

01:01 time and holiday system could benefit both pupils and teachers alike.

01:05 >>The Prime Minister I mean, if you think about the summer holiday

01:07 in England, it's six weeks. In Ireland, it's 10 weeks. This is a long, long time. And in

01:12 terms of children retaining information taught in the school year, you know, that period

01:19 is a decline. You know, children can't remember things from going back to school. So where

01:22 you finish in July and coming back to school in September, there is a drop in that. So

01:28 it is a massive long time. And, you know, finances set aside, different families and

01:33 different parents will choose different ways to fill that time. And that's part of the

01:39 issue as well, if you can do that with a range of things and still have children allowing

01:43 some downtime for themselves as well. We very much live in a time where it's very pressurised.

01:49 You know, we've got to do this, then we go to this, and then we go to do this. You know,

01:52 children need some downtime. It's like a computer, it needs some sort of screen time to sort

01:56 of recharge those batteries, I think, as well.

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