Teachers: Recruitment

(asked on 21st February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on teacher recruitment in the UK.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 28th February 2020

All teachers from the EU, including those teaching languages, make a welcome and important contribution to our school system. The Government has made an unequivocal guarantee to all EU citizens living and working here by protecting their rights in UK law through the Withdrawal Agreement Act and the EU Settlement Scheme. We have already provided certainty to almost 2.5 million people, including teachers, granted status through the EU Settlement Scheme.

On 19 February, the Government published a policy statement which set out further detail on the future points-based immigration system, that will be introduced from January 2021, to attract the brightest and best talent from around the world. As skilled workers, teachers will score sufficient points for a visa under this system if they have an offer of a teaching job that pays at least as much as the minimum salary range for teachers and they are able to speak English to the required level.

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