Written questions

Teachers: Design and Technology

Commons · Question 48015 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 2 May 2025

Question

Asked by Lizzi Collinge

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve retention rates among Design and Technology teachers.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 2 May 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...