Recruitment Survey 2 Question Title * 1. School phase Primary Infant Junior All-through Secondary Middle Nursery College/Sixth Form Question Title * 2. School type Community school Voluntary aided school Academy Voluntary controlled Special school Foundation school Non-maintained school Independent school Pupil referral unit Free school Question Title * 3. Local authority area Darlington Durham Gateshead Hartlepool Middlesbrough Newcastle North Tyneside Northumberland Redcar & Cleveland South Tyneside Stockton-on-Tees Sunderland Question Title * 4. Size of school Under 50 50-100 100-299 300-499 500-699 700-899 900-1099 1100-1299 Over 1300 Question Title * 5. Has your school experienced difficulties with recruiting staff in the past year? Yes No Question Title * 6. What was your experience of recruiting the following support staff vacancies over the last year? School Business Manager Business and administration staff Facilities Catering Leisure services ICT Other support staff Comments Question Title * 7. What was your experience of recruiting the following teaching vacancies over the last year? Teacher on the main pay scale (excluding NQTs) Newly qualified teacher Teaching role with TLR Teaching role with SEN allowance Teacher on the upper pay scale Assistant Head/ Deputy Head Head Teacher Comments Question Title * 8. What were the reasons for your school's difficulties with recruitment? Quality of applicants in our area Shortage of teachers in our area Location of our school in an area of deprivation Shortage of NQTs in our area Location of our school in an area of high housing and living costs Shortage of subject experts in our area Shortage of teachers willing to take on assistant or deputy head roles Number of teachers leaving the profession in our area Budget pressures Reputation of our school New schools in our area have reduced the pool of available teachers Increased competition in EBacc subject areas Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. For which subjects did your school struggle to recruit in the last year? Mathematics English General Science Music Computer Science Physics Modern languages Design & technology Chemistry Religious education Biology Art Geography Physical education History Business studies Social studies Other (please specify) Question Title * 10. In the future, will recruitment... ... become more difficult? ... stay the same? ... become easier? Question Title * 11. What will be the greatest barrier to recruitment in the future? Quality of applicants in our area Shortage of teachers in our area Location of our school in an area of deprivation Shortage of NQTs in our area Location of our school in an area of high housing and living costs Shortage of subject experts in our area Shortage of teachers willing to take on assistant or deputy head roles Number of teachers leaving the profession in our area Budget pressures Reputation of our school New schools in our area have reduced the pool of available teachers Increased competition in EBacc subject areas Question Title * 12. Thank you for taking the time to complete our survey! Please leave any other comments below, as well as your contact details. Done