Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the projected number of teachers required to meet demand in England in each of the next three years.

The Department estimates, using the Teacher Supply Model, the number of qualified teachers required in English state-funded schools. This model estimates the need for 461,000 teachers in 2017/18, rising to 467,200 in 2019/20.

The Teacher Supply Model is also used to estimate the national requirements for the number of postgraduate Initial Teacher Training places needed to meet demand. Recruitment is currently underway for the 2017/18 training year.