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Teachers: Languages

Commons · Question 118689 · Tabled 9 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 20 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to recruit qualified modern languages teachers in the West Midlands.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 20 Mar 2026

High quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s outcomes. This is why the government’s Plan for Change is committed to recruiting an additional 6,500 new expert teachers across secondary and special schools,...