Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 197098

Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 6 September 2023
Named Day

Question

Paulette Hamilton

LabourBirmingham Erdington

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to improve the recruitment and retention of teachers in secondary schools.

Answer

Recent data shows that there are now over 468,000 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in England, which is an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest number of FTE teachers on record since the School Workforce...

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