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Secondary Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of teacher shortages on secondary school outcomes.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
5 Jun 2026
Target answer date
9 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of teacher shortages on secondary school outcomes.

  2. 9 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s outcomes, and recruiting and retaining expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child. We ha...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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