Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to restore funding to the Career Change Programme.

Career changers make a valuable contribution to the teaching profession and the department remains committed to recruiting and supporting them into initial teacher training. The department’s wider offer to all potential teachers, including career changers, supports them through their journey to apply for teacher training and during the critical early years of teaching. This includes the ‘Get Into Teaching’ service which offers one-to-one support and advice to all candidates, including career changers.

The current contract for the Career Changers Programme will come to an end in autumn 2026.