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Supply Teachers

Commons · Question 48676 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 7 May 2025

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including supply teachers in any forthcoming workforce strategy for (a) teacher recruitment and (b) teacher retention.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 7 May 2025

High quality teaching is the in school factor that has the biggest positive impact on children’s outcomes. Ensuring a high quality teaching workforce is therefore critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost life ch...