Written questions

Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

Commons · Question 42762 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase levels of recruitment and retention of teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 8 Apr 2025

High quality teaching is the most important in-school factor to a child’s educational outcomes. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost the life chanc...