Written questions

Religion: Teachers

2026-06-16 · Department for Education · 11047 · Official question

Dr Ellie Chowns

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what action she is taking to increase the number of candidates accepted into Initial Teacher Training for Secondary Religious Education for this cycle.

Answer

Initial teacher training (ITT) bursaries are offered to incentivise more applications to ITT courses. As such, we review bursaries annually to take account of recruitment to date, forecast economic conditions, and assess teacher need in each subject. The ...