Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 29520

Teachers: Music

Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 14 February 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school music teachers left the teaching profession in the period between (a) 2010 and 2015, (b) 2015 and 2020 and (c) 2020 and 2024.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Recruiting and retaining more teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost the life chances for every child, as the in-school factor that makes the biggest difference to a young person’s educational outc...

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