Research
In 2018, The MTPT Project completed the first study into female teachers aged 30-39 to explore why – since 2017 – they had been the largest demographic to leave the teaching profession every year.
At the time, there existed a significant data void around teacher-parents’ experiences, and a great deal of work was needed to give the parent-teachers in The MTPT Project a voice.
The study, nicknamed Doing the Washing Up Badly, was completed with the intention of gaining the attention of a “proper” think tank or research body and acts as a precursor to the 2024 Missing Mothers report, completed in collaboration with the real, proper think tank, The New Britain Project.
The findings of the original 2018 report, as well as the 2024 Missing Mothers report can be accessed here, and inform much of The MTPT Project’s work to make teaching a more sustainable career choice.
We have also done our best to compile the key literature cited in both reports in our Library.
If you are completing an MA, PhD, EdDoc or any other research that has a crossover with the interests of The MTPT Project, and would like to talk about your study, share surveys or support with recruiting qualitative interview participants please get in contact.
Missing Mothers
The 2024 study into female teachers aged 30-39 exploring why they are the largest demographic to leave the classroom every year. As seen on the BBC!
Doing the Washing Up Badly
Further, more detailed reports, from the original 2018 study exploring both why women aged 30-39 leave teaching, and why they remain in the profession. As featured in the TES!