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Teacher Support: Mentorship Provisions For Supporting Early Career Teachers’ Retention And Future Career Growth In The British Schooling System

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Achala Gupta SFHEA, PhD (Sociology), MPhil (EdRe), MPS, MA, BSc

Associate Professor in Sociology of Education
Research interests
  • Sociology of education
  • Shadow education
  • Educational inequality 
Connect with Achala

Email: Achala.Gupta@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Mrs Rachele Newman BA(Hons), PGCE, MA, SFHEA.

Principal Teaching Fellow
Research interests
  • Initial Teacher Education
  • Teacher development
  • Teacher Knowledge
Connect with Rachele

Email: Rachele.Newman@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Effective mentorship for teacher retention
Achala Gupta & Rachele Newman, 2026
Type: website
Re-centring the school context in policy enactments: an empirical investigation into mentorship programmes for early career teachers
Achala Gupta & Rachele Newman, 2025, British Journal of Educational Studies, 73(6), 733-753
DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2025.2544586
Type: article
Written evidence submission to the Children, Young People and Education Committee on the inquiry on ‘teacher recruitment and retention’
Achala Gupta & Rachele Newman, 2025
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1227
Type: book
A practical look at ECT provision and how this can be enhanced
Rachele Newman & Achala Gupta, 2025
Type: conference
Written evidence submission to the Public Accounts Committee on the inquiry ‘Increasing Teacher Numbers in Secondary and Further Education’
Achala Gupta & Rachele Newman, 2025
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1226
Type: book
Case study - research outcomes and the ECT Mentorship Toolkit
Rachele Newman & Achala Gupta, 2025
Type: conference
Nature and effectiveness of mentorship provision for supporting early-career teachers in England: an empirical investigation
Achala Gupta & Rachele Newman, 2025
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1229
Type: book