Teachers: Recruitment
Commons · Question 36785 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Munira Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of career changers on meeting her target of recruiting 6,500 new teachers.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 7 Apr 2025
The factor in schools and colleges that makes the biggest difference to a young person’s educational outcomes is high-quality teaching. Ensuring a high-quality teaching workforce is therefore critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to ...