Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 43765

Teachers: Music

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 9 April 2025

Question

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal DemocratStratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase recruitment of music teachers.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
High-quality teaching is the most important in-school factor in determining a child’s educational outcomes. Recruiting and retaining additional numbers of qualified, expert teachers is therefore critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers ...

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