Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 41023

Teachers: Employment Agencies

Tabled: 25 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

ConservativeGosport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of education recruitment agencies on the number of teachers finding jobs via her Department's teaching vacancies service; and if she will make an estimate of

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Schools spend an estimated £75 million a year on recruitment advertising. Teaching Vacancies is a leading job listing service and 98% of secondary schools and 75% of primary schools have signed up to post their vacancies, for free. The department estimate...

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