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Schools: Labour Turnover

Commons · Question 901021 · Tabled 29 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Warinder Juss

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve school staff recruitment and retention.

Answer

Answered by Bridget Phillipson, 4 Nov 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 (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, but we must do more to ensure we have the workforce needed to provi...