Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 64292

Mathematics: Education

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure more students from less affluent areas are taught by trained maths teachers.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Recruiting and retaining high-quality teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. This is why the government’s Plan for Change has committed to recruiting an additional 6,500 new expert teachers in secondary and...

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