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Teachers: Qualifications

Commons · Question 69403 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 5 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of unqualified teachers working in maintained schools.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 5 Sep 2025

Information on the school workforce in England, including numbers of teachers with and without qualified teacher status (QTS) by school type, is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which can be accessed here: https://ex...