Question follow-through · 100096

Teachers: Music

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February to Question 29521, on Teachers: Music, for what reason the Department does not collect curriculum data from primary schools on the subjects taught by individual teachers; a

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
23 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February to Question 29521, on Teachers: Music, for what reason the Department does not collect curriculum data from primary schools on the subjects taught by individual teachers; a

  2. 18 Dec 2025

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  3. 23 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Information on the school workforce, including the number of teachers in state-funded schools and teacher entrants and leaver rates, is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available at: https://explore-educatio...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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