Physics: Teachers
Commons · Question 56001 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of steps taken to (a) recruit and (b) retain specialist physics teachers in state schools.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 9 Jun 2025
High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcome in school and college. This government has inherited a system with critical shortages of teachers, especially in physics. In 2023/24, w...