Teachers: Training
Commons · Question 1476 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of the recent changes to teacher training funding eligibility on recruitment to Modern Foreign Languages and Physics teacher training courses.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 12 Jun 2026
The department has now achieved over 70% of our target to recruit 6,500 additional expert teachers by the end of this Parliament. There are 4,654 additional expert teachers in secondary and special schools and colleges.Recruitment of physics trainee teach...