Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 7062

Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Andrew Cooper

LabourMid Cheshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in (i) Mid Cheshire constituency, (ii) Cheshire and (iii) England.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
​​​​​​High quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. There are now 468,693 full-time equivalent teachers in state-funded schools in England, but the government must do more to ensure it has the workforce need...

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