Teachers

(asked on 2nd May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2022 to Question 86460 on Teachers, how many full time equivalent (a) deferred newly qualified and (b) newly qualified entrants there were in the state school sector by Parliamentary constituency in England in the period between the 2011-12 and 2021-22 academic years.


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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 9th May 2023

Information on the number of newly qualified entrants to state funded schools in England and the retention rates of qualified teachers is published in the annual ‘School Workforce in England’ national statistics release. The information can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.

In the year to November 2021, the full time equivalent of 43,981 teachers joined the state funded sector in England, including 3,850 deferred newly qualified teachers and 22,059 newly qualified teachers. 87.5% of teachers who qualified in 2020 were still teaching one year after qualification.

The requested figures by parliamentary constituency are not available.

The number of teachers remains high, with over 465,500 full time equivalent teachers working in state funded schools across the country, over 24,000 more than in 2010. The Department’s reforms are aimed at increasing teacher recruitment and at ensuring teachers across England stay and thrive in the profession.

The Department announced a financial incentives package of up to £181 million for those starting Initial Teacher Training in the 2023/24 academic year, a £52 million increase on the last cycle. The Department is providing bursaries worth up to £27,000 and scholarships worth up to £29,000 to encourage trainees to apply to train in key secondary subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing.

The Department provides a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 annually for mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who work in disadvantaged schools nationally, including within Education Investment Areas. The eligibility criteria and list of eligible schools is on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/levelling-up-premium-payments-for-teachers.

Almost 9 in 10 (87.5%) teachers who qualified in 2020 were still teaching one year after qualification, and just over two thirds (68.8%) of teachers who started teaching five years ago are still teaching.

Teacher retention is key to ensuring effective teacher supply, and the Department is taking action to support teachers. The Department has published a range of resources to help address staff workload and wellbeing. This includes the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter, which the Department is encouraging schools to sign up to as a shared commitment to promote staff wellbeing. The Department has also published the workload reduction toolkit, developed alongside school leadership staff to help reduce workload, and resources to support schools to implement effective flexible working practices.

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