Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 117135

Teachers: Training

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Dave Robertson

LabourLichfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the maths-teacher recruitment target for postgraduate initial teacher training course entries in 2025-26.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The target was calculated using the Teacher Workforce Model and accounts for the following, among other factors: projected pupil numbers, teachers that are expected to leave service and require replacement, and teachers we expect to join from routes other...

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