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Commons · Question 901340 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Gareth Bacon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent schoolteachers there were in (a) 2025 and (b) 2024.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 15 Sep 2026

Recruiting and retaining expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child, as high-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s outcomes.In Nove...