Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 55313

Teachers: Recruitment

Tabled: 30 May 2025

Answered: 25 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Shaun Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on programmes aimed at recruiting (a) primary and b) secondary education teachers in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) programme and (ii) region and nation.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

High quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcome in schools and colleges. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down...

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