Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 118638

Secondary Education: Teachers

Tabled: 6 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal DemocratWest Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate numbers of qualified physics teachers in secondary schools.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The government’s Plan for Change is committed to recruiting an additional 6,500 new expert teachers across secondary and special schools and our colleges over the course of this Parliament.In 2023/24, just 17% of the postgraduate initial teacher training ...

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