Written questions

Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

Commons · Question 7062 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Andrew Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in (i) Mid Cheshire constituency, (ii) Cheshire and (iii) England.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 14 Oct 2024

​​​​​​High quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. There are now 468,693 full-time equivalent teachers in state-funded schools in England, but the government must do more to ensure it has the workforce need...