Question follow-through · 28693
Teachers: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce decision times for qualified teacher status applications.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce decision times for qualified teacher status applications.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2025
Answer published
Since 2021, the end-to-end process for becoming a teacher has been managed through the department’s digital services. This means that we have access to real-time recruitment data which allows us to identify the challenges that candidates are facing. From ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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