Written questions

Teachers: Recruitment

Commons · Question 23734 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 22 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage change in net recruitment from the last Parliament will be needed to meet the target of an additional 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects this Parliament.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 22 Jan 2025

High quality teaching is the in-school factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcomes and is thus essential to delivering the government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child.​​There are now 468,693 full-time ...