Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 67956

Teachers: Vacancies

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Afzal Khan

LabourManchester Rusholme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will (a) extend and (b) increase bursaries and salary uplifts for shortage subject teachers in schools with high proportions of pupils from low income backgrounds.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
For the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years, the department is offering Targeted Retention Incentive payments worth up to £6,000 after tax for mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who choose to wor...

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