Oxford’s low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) are among the factors making it difficult to recruit and retain teachers, a report has found.

The Oxfordshire Education Commission said the scheme, along with other transport issues and the cost of living and housing, was “fuelling recruitment and retention issues in Oxfordshire.”

Teacher vacancies in the county are more than double the national average, according to Department for Education figures.

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The report was commissioned in 2022 to look at how Oxfordshire County Council and state-funded schools could improve outcomes and equality for the county’s children.

Published earlier this month, it said: “There was a sense that difficulties in recruiting and retaining good teachers was felt most acutely in areas of disadvantage where the need for continuity and stability is greatest."

Commission chair Gail Tolley said: "We have made some strong recommendations for Oxfordshire to improve educational outcomes for children from certain demographic groups.

"I look forward to seeing the impact they will have on the children and young people of Oxfordshire."

The council said it would act on the recommendations of the report.

The introduction of LTNs in east Oxford in May 2022 has been controversial, with bollards run over, burned, and stolen in protest.

Andrew Gant, cabinet member for highway management, has said LTNs "will deliver benefits to us all, including safer streets, cleaner air, and an overall change in people's travel habits, to more sustainable modes of transport".