Question follow-through · 41023
Teachers: Employment Agencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of education recruitment agencies on the number of teachers finding jobs via her Department's teaching vacancies service; and if she will make an estimate of
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of education recruitment agencies on the number of teachers finding jobs via her Department's teaching vacancies service; and if she will make an estimate of
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
Schools spend an estimated £75 million a year on recruitment advertising. Teaching Vacancies is a leading job listing service and 98% of secondary schools and 75% of primary schools have signed up to post their vacancies, for free. The department estimate...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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