Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 108851
Teachers: recruitment
Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Question
Shivani Raja
Conservative — Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of teachers in England.
Answer
Georgia GouldThe latest school workforce census reported that the workforce has grown by 2,346 FTE between 2023/24 and 2024/25 in secondary and special schools. This year has one of the lowest leaver rates since 2010, with 1,700 fewer teachers leaving the state-funded...
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