Written questions

Teachers: Labour Turnover

Commons · Question 52407 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 22 May 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention within the teaching profession.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 22 May 2025

High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s outcomes. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost the ...