Question follow-through · 93556
Schools: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of male underrepresentation in the teaching workforce in primary schools on the attainment gap between boys and girls.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2026 · 84 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of male underrepresentation in the teaching workforce in primary schools on the attainment gap between boys and girls.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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13 Feb 2026
Answer published
As my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has said, the department wants to see more male teachers teaching, guiding and leading the boys in their classrooms. Men are underrepresented across the education workforce. This is broadly in ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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