Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 71809

Educational Psychology: Student Wastage

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Marie Goldman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of assistant educational psychologists left the profession before becoming fully qualified educational psychologists in each of the last ten years.

Answer

Georgia Gould

Educational psychologists play a critical role in the support available to children and young people. The department is investing over £21 million to train 400 more educational psychologists from September 2024. This is in addition to the £10 million curr...

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