Teachers: Recruitment
Commons · Question 5999 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the new 6,500 teachers her Department expects to have recruited in each of the next five years.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 14 Oct 2024
The within-school and -college factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcomes is high quality teaching. Although overall teacher numbers in state-funded schools in England have increased from 453,820 full-time equivalent (FTE) in November ...