Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 108853
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 assessment her Department has made of levels of unemployment and underemployment among qualified teachers; and what steps she is taking to help improve increase retention and re-entry levels.
Answer
Georgia GouldIn the government’s Plan for Change, the department committed to recruiting an additional 6,500 expert teachers across secondary and special schools, and our colleges, over the course of this Parliament. Delivery is already underway: retaining more skille...
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