Thursday Apr 24, 2025

Going Remote: the solution to the teacher recruitment crisis? With Mark Steed

Director and Consultant at Steed Education, Mark Steed, rejoins the Educator's Corner podcast to discuss solutions to the current teacher shortage. Could going remote really be the solution to the recruitment crisis? Recent survey findings from Teacher Horizons, combined with British School Muscat's venture into remote teaching for A-level subjects, suggest teaching online is here to stay.

Join us as we dive into the data from the Teacher Horizons’ survey where 1,600 teachers share their thoughts on the future of teaching. In this episode, Mark and Kai discuss key findings from the survey, such as:

85.8% of teachers said they are open to non-traditional teaching formats.
64.5% are specifically interested in hybrid teaching
15.4% want to teach exclusively in person

Data source: Teacher Horizons (2025) analysis of the hybrid/online schools survey.

In this episode, learn about:

00:43 The persistent teacher recruitment challenge
6:17 Factors contributing to the teacher shortage
08:01 Exploring remote teaching as a potential solution
13:41 Key insights from the Teacher Horizons’ data
17:59 Lessons learned from implementing remote teaching
23:52 The importance of varied pedagogical approaches online
27:58 The reality of specialist teacher shortages
36:59 Will going remote solve the teacher shortage?
40:41 Moving towards hybrid schools

About Our Guest

Mark Steed is the Director and Consultant at Steed Education, which specialises in educational consultancy support for Schools Groups, U.K. independent schools, and English-speaking international schools. Read more about Mark here.

Resources

COBIS website (including the upcoming conference)
COBIS accreditation reports
Steed Education - specialist educational consultancy supporting schools
Teacher Horizons - resources and reports

Related episodes of the Educator's Corner podcast:

Episode 6: The Global Teacher Recruitment Crisis: Looming challenge or an opportunity for innovation? Part 1 with Mark Steed
Episode 8: The Global Teacher Recruitment Crisis: Hybrid schooling and other innovative solutions. Part 2 with Mark Steed
Episode 19: Beyond the Myths: Your guide to international teaching with Laura Rigney