Question follow-through · 628
Teachers: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her department has to improve retention of experienced and senior teachers in mainstream schools.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her department has to improve retention of experienced and senior teachers in mainstream schools.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
Retaining experienced teachers is at the heart of the government’s pledge for 6,500 additional expert teachers. Details of the delivery plan were published in February and are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/every-child-achieving-...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Teachers: Migrant Workers
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Home Secretary on taking steps to reduce barriers to the recruitment and retention of international teachers in shortage subjects, including Modern Foreign Languages.
Teachers: Migrant Workers
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with the British Council on supporting the recruitment and retention of international teachers, including through improvements to visa sponsorship, induction and profe
National Centre for Arts and Music Education
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to announce the awarding of the contract for the operation of the National Centre for Arts and Music Education.