Ms Elaine Sheridan:

That is the benefit of the review and the working group. We have built very strong relationships with a really broad range of stakeholders. The key ones are focus groups with teachers to ask them why they are not coming. We know there is a lifestyle aspect with holidays in June, July and August but we need to know the reasons. Why do people mark with us? Why do they not come back? Why do we have a retention problem? What might we need to do to find out what would make it more attractive? That is the bit we need now. We have been working with a range of stakeholders but now we need to tap in to the teachers themselves.