Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 57506

Teachers: Labour Turnover

Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessments she has made of the merits of implementing a teacher retention strategy that addresses key factors driving staff to leave the profession.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcome in schools and colleges. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down...

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