Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 97146

Citizenship: Teachers

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025

Question

Vicky Foxcroft

LabourLewisham North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 91414 on Citizenship: Teaching, what method her Department uses to assess whether citizenship is a shortage subject in schools in the absence of subject-sp

Answer

Georgia Gould
The Teacher Workforce Model (TWM) is used each to year estimate required number of teachers, which the department then uses to calculate the number of trainees needed. This includes those on postgraduate initial teacher training (PGITT), which is the larg...

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