Teachers: Music
Commons · Question 29520 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Munira Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school music teachers left the teaching profession in the period between (a) 2010 and 2015, (b) 2015 and 2020 and (c) 2020 and 2024.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 14 Feb 2025
Recruiting and retaining more teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost the life chances for every child, as the in-school factor that makes the biggest difference to a young person’s educational outc...