The research, carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) included an online survey of nearly 2,000 children aged between nine and 16 and a number of focus groups.
Around 18 per cent of children said they had been involved in recruiting teachers but 65 per cent said they would like to do so in the future.
Maggie Atkinson, children’s commissioner for England, said: "I congratulate the schools that already involve their pupils in selecting teachers, and would strongly encourage more schools to start doing it. Young people are a school’s customers, and they see lots of different teaching styles over the course of a school career.
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