Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 5999

Teachers: Recruitment

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the new 6,500 teachers her Department expects to have recruited in each of the next five years.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The within-school and -college factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcomes is high quality teaching. Although overall teacher numbers in state-funded schools in England have increased from 453,820 full-time equivalent (FTE) in November ...

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