Question follow-through · 22507

Religion: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the level of qualified Religious Education teachers who hold a relevant post-A-level qualification.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the level of qualified Religious Education teachers who hold a relevant post-A-level qualification.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Our plan to deliver 6,500 new expert teachers sets how we will recruit the secondary, special school and further education teachers, including religious education (RE) teachers, over the course of this parliament. It focuses on three key themes, attractin...

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Religion: Education

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 22510 on Teachers: Religious Education, what comparative estimate her Department has made of the number of accepted applicants to postgraduate Religious Ed

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Religion: Education

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 22510 on Teachers: Religious Education, whether the increase in postgraduate Religious Education initial teacher training recruitment cited was attributabl