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This article explores the relationship between teacher turnover and school performance. It uses a database of 316 primary schools in six London Local Education Authorities derived by merging Government data on teachers and schools. This rich data includes school-level variables on teacher turnover matched to school characteristics. The study shows that high levels of teacher turnover can be shown to have detrimental effects on pupil progress and achievement.
Dolton et al. (Tue,) studied this question.