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Teachers: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to increase +-teacher retention rates in rural areas.

answeredCameron ThomasDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
3 Mar 2025
Answer
29 Mar 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to increase +-teacher retention rates in rural areas.

  2. 3 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    High quality teaching is the in-school factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education which is why sufficient high-quality teachers is key to delivering the government’s agenda to break down the barriers to opportunity. Measures will incl...

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