Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to provide more detailed guidance for colleges on how to recruit staff from overseas.

It is very important that the department continues to support providers to recruit new teachers. We already provide detailed guidance for colleges on how to recruit from overseas, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/recruit-further-education-fe-teachers-from-overseas.

The guidance sets out a range of useful information for both providers and applicants, such as step-by-step UK visa sponsorship for employers, the requirements needed for a Skilled Worker visa, and information on safeguarding checks.

Additional support is available online. This includes checking an applicant’s right to work in advance, and a document checking tool. The department also provides a list of other visa options for applicants if the provider is not a visa sponsor.