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Citizenship: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that specialist Citizenship teachers are recruited and retained; and what steps she is taking to extend bursaries to this subject.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
27 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that specialist Citizenship teachers are recruited and retained; and what steps she is taking to extend bursaries to this subject.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The department is working with the sector to re-establish teaching as an attractive profession across all subjects, including citizenship. As a first step, this government has increased teacher pay by almost 10% over two years.Our Plan for Change is commi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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