Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of teaching staff in further education colleges do not have a teaching qualification.

The ‘College staff survey 2018’, attached, indicated that 7% of teachers in general and specialist further education (FE) colleges did not hold a teaching qualification. Some of these teachers were studying for a teaching qualification at the time of the survey, which is shown in the attached table.

There is no requirement for teachers in FE colleges to hold a teaching qualification. FE providers have the flexibility to recruit and deploy teachers who have a range of skills and industry expertise.