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...