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1716938

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the teacher recruitment and retention schemes that have received notice that funding will be (a) reduced and (b) ended since 1 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	25589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>England currently has the highest number of teachers on record. At the last count there were over 468,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, which is an increase of 27,000 (6%) since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>To make sure the department’s teacher recruitment and retention efforts are focussed on where they are needed most and providing best value for taxpayers’ money, the department has made some changes to funding allocations. Since January 2024, notice of changes to funding has been sent to the following teacher recruitment and retention partners:</p><p> </p><ul><li>All providers of Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses and initial teacher training (ITT) providers. The department are continuing to offer funded SKE in subjects with the greatest sufficiency challenges, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, computing, and languages and are continuing to offer a £175 per week tax-free bursary for eligible candidates to support them on their SKE training course.</li><li>Providers of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) informing them of changes to scholarship eligibility. The department is offering full scholarship funding in all NPQ subjects to teachers and leaders working in schools, and other settings, in the most challenging circumstances and serving more deprived communities. In addition, four NPQ subjects will continue to receive scholarship funding for all teachers and leaders employed at state-funded organisations. These include the NPQ in Headship, the early headship coaching offer, the NPQ in leading primary mathematics and the NPQ for special educational needs coordinators.</li><li>Providers and teacher training applicants informing them of changes to the eligibility criteria for the UK's international relocation payments. These payments will be available to international teachers who teach physics and languages in England.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Since January 2024, notice of non-renewal of funding has been sent to:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Now Teach informing them that the department will not be renewing their contract when it ends. The career changers programme has, and continues to, support career changers to enter teaching. The department remains committed to continuing to recruit and support career changers into ITT and are now carrying out a review to understand how to best meet the needs of a wider range of career changers.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The department has put in place a range of measures, including bursaries that are worth £28,000 tax-free and scholarships that are £30,000 tax-free, to encourage talented trainees to key subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing. The ITT financial incentives package for the 2024/25 recruitment cycle is worth up to £196 million, which is a £15 million increase on the last cycle.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/05/2024 12:59:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1695303

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of school building conditions on trends in the level of teacher (a) recruitment and (b) retention.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	18158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>There are now record numbers of full-time equivalent teachers in state-funded schools in England, totalling over 468,000, which is an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010.</p><p>The department appreciates that there is more to do, particularly in disadvantaged areas. The department is offering a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 after tax for mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who choose to work in disadvantaged schools. For the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years, the department will be doubling the rates of the Levelling Up Premium to up to £6,000 after tax.</p><p>This is on top of the 6.5% pay award that teachers and leaders in maintained schools received for 2023/24, which was the highest pay award for teachers in over thirty years, delivered on our manifesto commitment of a minimum £30,000 starting salary for school teachers in all regions of the country. This, combined with the increase in the LUP, means a new maths teacher in Blackpool could be receiving the equivalent of £38,570 starting salary next year, before accounting for the 2024/25 pay award.</p><p>To further support recruitment to high-priority subjects, the department also provides financial incentives worth up to £196 million, including bursaries worth £28,000 tax-free and scholarships worth £30,000 tax-free, to encourage talented trainees to teach mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing.</p><p>To help retention, the department has published a range of resources to help address teacher workload and wellbeing and support schools to introduce flexible working practices. The department has convened a workload reduction taskforce to explore how it can further support trust and school leaders to minimise workload for teachers.</p><p>Well-maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the department. Responsibility for keeping buildings safe and well-maintained lies with schools and their responsible bodies, such as local authorities, academy trusts and voluntary-aided bodies. The department supports them by providing capital funding, delivering major rebuilding programmes and offering guidance and support.</p><p>The department has allocated over £15 billion since 2015 to keep schools safe and operational, including £1.8 billion in 2023/24. This is informed by consistent data on the condition of the school estate. The department’s School Rebuilding Programme will transform buildings in poor condition at over 500 schools. New buildings are already being delivered across the country with modern designs that are designed to be net zero carbon in operation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/03/2024 16:26:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1659271

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) support, and (2) guidance, they are offering to schools to enable them to maximise teacher retention.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL10006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s reforms are aimed not only at increasing teacher recruitment in key subjects and areas, through an attractive pay offer and financial incentives such as bursaries, but also at ensuring teachers stay and succeed in the profession.</p><p>There are now over 468,000 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in England, which is an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest FTE of teachers since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p>The Department accepted in full the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendations for the 2023/24 pay award for teachers and head teachers, resulting in a pay award of 6.5%. This is the highest for teachers in over thirty years.</p><p>To support retention in the first few years of teaching, the Department has rolled out the Early Career Framework nationally, providing the foundations for a successful career in teaching, with over £130 million a year in funding. Beyond these first few years, the Department’s priority is to help all teachers and head teachers to continuously develop their expertise throughout their careers so every child in every classroom in every school has the best start in life.</p><p>The Department has therefore launched a new and updated suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for teachers and head teachers at all levels, from those who want to develop expertise in high quality teaching practice to those leading multiple schools across trusts. Since autumn 2021, eligible teachers and head teachers have been able to access scholarships to undertake fully funded NPQs.</p><p>These measures will create a golden thread running from Initial Teacher Training through to school leadership and rooting teacher and head teacher development in the best available evidence.</p><p>The Department has also published a range of resources to help address teacher workload and wellbeing, and therefore support retention, including the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter, which schools are being encouraged to sign up to as a shared commitment to promote staff wellbeing. Developed in partnership with the education sector and mental health experts, the Charter can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>.</p><p>Additionally, a workload reduction toolkit has been developed for schools alongside head teachers and has been published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit</a>. On 13 July 2023, the Department also announced that it will convene a Workload Reduction Taskforce to explore how it can go further to support trusts and head teachers to minimise workload for teachers and head teachers by building on previous successes.</p><p>The Department is also taking action to promote flexible working in schools. The Department has published supportive resources on GOV.UK, including non statutory guidance and case studies: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/flexible-working-resources-for-teachers-and-schools#guidance-for-flexible-working" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/flexible-working-resources-for-teachers-and-schools#guidance-for-flexible-working</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/09/2023 16:19:11 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1656596

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to improve the recruitment and retention of teachers in secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Mrs Paulette Hamilton
uin	197098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Recent data shows that there are now over 468,000 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in England, which is an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest number of FTE teachers on record since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p>The Department’s reforms are aimed at increasing teacher recruitment and ensuring teachers across England stay and succeed in the profession.</p><p>The Department recently announced that the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendations for the 2023/24 pay award for teachers and head teachers have been accepted in full. This means that teachers and head teachers in maintained schools will receive a pay award of 6.5%. This is the highest pay award for teachers in over thirty years. The award also delivers the manifesto commitment of a minimum £30,000 starting salary for school teachers in all regions in England.</p><p>The Department announced a financial incentives package worth up to £181 million for those starting Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in the 2023/24 academic year. The Department is providing bursaries worth up to £27,000 and scholarships worth up to £29,000 to encourage trainees to apply to train in key secondary subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing.</p><p>The Department is also providing a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 annually for mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who work in disadvantaged schools nationally, including within Education Investment Areas (EIAs). The eligibility criteria and list of eligible schools is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/levelling-up-premium-payments-for-teachers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/levelling-up-premium-payments-for-teachers</a>.</p><p>The Department has created an entitlement to at least three years of structured training, support and professional development for all new teachers, underpinned by the Initial Teacher Training (ITT), Core Content Framework (CCF) and the Early Career Framework (ECF). Together, these ensure that new teachers will benefit from at least three years of evidence-based training, across ITT and into their induction. The Department is currently reviewing the evidence base of the frameworks to ensure they are informed by the latest developments to provide the best up to date support for teachers at the start of their careers. Further information on the CCF can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-itt-core-content-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-itt-core-content-framework</a> and more information on the ECF is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-career-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-career-framework</a>.</p><p>To support teacher retention, the Department has worked with the education sector and published a range of resources to help address staff workload and wellbeing and to support schools to introduce flexible working practices. This includes the workload reduction toolkit and the education staff wellbeing charter. More than 2,800 schools have signed up to the charter so far. The education staff wellbeing charter is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>. The workload reduction toolkit is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit</a>.</p><p>The Department recently announced that it will also convene a workload reduction taskforce to explore how we can go further to support trusts and head teachers to minimise workload.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/09/2023 16:57:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4938 label Biography information for Mrs Paulette Hamilton

1655148

registered interest
date	25/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what initiatives or incentives are planned to either attract new entrants into the profession of teaching or to ensure retention of teaching staff within the profession.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL9727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter. This response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>Recent data shows that there are now over 468,000 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest number of FTE teachers on record since the school workforce census began in 2010.</p><p>The department’s reforms are aimed at increasing teacher recruitment and ensuring teachers across England stay and thrive in the profession. The Get Into Teaching service helps to make teaching a career of choice and supports candidates to apply for teacher training. Prospective trainees can access support and advice through expert one-to-one teacher training advisers, a contact centre, and a national programme of events. The teaching marketing campaign provides inspiration and support to explore a career in teaching and directs people to the Get Into Teaching service: <a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>The department is accepting in full the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendations for the 2023/24 pay award for teachers and leaders. This means that teachers and head teachers in maintained schools will receive a pay award of 6.5%, which is the highest pay award for teachers in over thirty years. This award also delivers the manifesto commitment of a minimum £30,000 starting salary for teachers in all regions in England, with a pay award of up to 7.1% for new teachers outside London.</p><p>The department announced a financial incentives package worth up to £181 million for those starting initial teacher training (ITT) in the 2023/24 academic year. The department is providing bursaries worth up to £27,000 and scholarships worth up to £29,000 to encourage trainees to apply to train in key secondary subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing.</p><p>The department provides a levelling up premium worth up to £3,000 annually for mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who work in disadvantaged schools nationally, including within education investment areas. The eligibility criteria and list of eligible schools is can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/levelling-up-premium-payments-for-teachers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/levelling-up-premium-payments-for-teachers</a>.</p><p>To support retention in the sector, the department has worked with schools and published a range of resources to help address staff workload and wellbeing and to support schools to introduce flexible working practices. This includes the Workload Reduction Toolkit and the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. The workload reduction toolkit is accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit</a>. The Charter is accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>. More than 2,700 schools have signed up to the Charter so far. The department will also convene a Workload Reduction Taskforce to explore how we can go further to support trusts and head teachers to minimise workload. The department wants to build on previous successes and aim to reduce working hours by five hours per week.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 01/08/2023 15:50:29 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1652017

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) encourage people to enter the teaching profession and (b) improve staff retention in the education sector.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	193484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Recent data shows that there are now over 468,000 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in England, an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest number of FTE teachers on record since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p>The Department’s reforms are aimed at increasing teacher recruitment and at ensuring teachers across England stay and thrive in the profession.</p><p>The Get Into Teaching service helps make teaching a career of choice and supports candidates to apply for teacher training. Prospective trainees can access support and advice through expert one to one teacher training advisers, a contact centre and a national programme of events. The teaching marketing campaign provides inspiration and support to explore a career in teaching and directs people to the Get Into Teaching service: <a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>The Department announced a financial incentives package worth up to £181 million for those starting Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in the 2023/24 academic year. The Department is providing bursaries worth up to £27,000 and scholarships worth up to £29,000 to encourage trainees to apply to train in key secondary subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing. Additionally, for 2022/23, the Department raised starting salaries outside London by 8.9% to £28,000.</p><p>The Department provides a levelling up premium worth up to £3,000 annually for mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who work in disadvantaged schools nationally, including within Education Investment Areas. The eligibility criteria and list of eligible schools are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/levelling-up-premium-payments-for-teachers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/levelling-up-premium-payments-for-teachers</a>.</p><p>The Department has created an entitlement to at least three years of structured training, support and professional development for all new teachers, underpinned by the Initial Teacher Training Core Content Framework available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-itt-core-content-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-itt-core-content-framework</a> and the Early Career Framework available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-career-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-career-framework</a>. Together, these ensure that new teachers will benefit from at least three years of evidence based training, across ITT and into their induction.</p><p>To support retention in the sector, the Department has worked with the education sector and published a range of resources to help address staff workload and wellbeing and support schools to introduce flexible working practices. This includes the workload reduction toolkit available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit</a> and the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>. More than 2,700 schools have signed up to the Charter so far.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/07/2023 16:52:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1650432

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has conducted a review of the impact of the pandemic on teacher recruitment and retention strategies.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	192631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>Recent data shows that there are now over 468,000 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest number of FTE teachers on record since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p>The Department has continued to implement the significant reforms that were set out in the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy in 2019, despite the pandemic.</p><p>The Department has transformed training, support and professional development for all new teachers, creating an entitlement to at least three years of evidence based training, across initial training and into their induction. This includes the biggest teaching reform in a generation, the Early Career Framework, which provides the solid foundations for a successful career in teaching, backed by over £130 million a year in funding.</p><p>The Department has launched a new and updated suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for teachers and school leaders at all levels, from those who want to develop expertise in high quality teaching practice to those leading multiple schools across trusts. Since autumn 2021, eligible teachers and leaders have been able to access scholarships to undertake fully funded NPQs.</p><p>The Department has published a range of resources to help schools address teacher workload, prioritise staff wellbeing and support schools to introduce flexible working practices. The Department has worked in partnership with the education sector and mental health experts to create the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter which schools are encouraged to sign up to as a shared commitment to promote staff wellbeing. More than 2,700 schools and colleges have signed up to the Charter, which has been downloaded over 30,000 times.</p><p>Building on a successful pilot, the Department is investing over £1.1 million to provide professional supervision and counselling to school and college leaders. Over 1,000 headteachers have benefitted from the support so far. On 12 June 2023, the Department announced the expansion of the programme, doubling places this year, so that more school leaders can have access to this valuable support.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/07/2023 13:00:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1650436

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in schools.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	192635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>Recent data shows that there are now over 468,000 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest number of FTE teachers on record since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p>The Department has announced a financial incentives package worth up to £181 million for those starting initial teacher training in the 2023/24 academic year. The Department is providing bursaries worth £27,000 tax-free and scholarships worth £29,000 tax-free, to encourage talented trainees to teach mathematics. A Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax-free is also available for mathematics, as well as physics, chemistry and computing, teachers in the first five years of their careers who work in disadvantaged schools nationally, including within Education Investment Areas (EIAs).</p><p>The Department has also raised starting salaries outside London by 8.9% to £28,000 and remains committed to the Government’s ambition of delivering £30,000 starting salaries to attract talented people to teaching.</p><p>To support retention, the Department has worked with the education sector and published a range of resources to help address staff workload and wellbeing and support schools to introduce flexible working practices. This includes the School Workload Reduction Toolkit and the education Staff Wellbeing Charter. More information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit</a>, and: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>. More than 2,700 schools have signed up to the Charter so far.</p><p>The Department is launching a new fully funded mathematics National Professional Qualification (NPQ) for those leading mathematics teaching in primary schools. The Department will work with NPQ providers to make this available to primary schools from February 2024. Alongside this, an updated Targeted Support Fund will be offered for the 2023/24 academic year, providing additional funding to incentivise primary school teachers and leaders, including in the smallest schools.</p><p>The Department is providing funding to support and enhance mathematics teaching across the country. Reform of the mathematics curriculum and examinations system was accompanied by the introduction of a National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, which is now working with a network of 40 maths hubs to help local schools improve the quality of their teaching based on best practice from East Asia. On 17 April, the Secretary of State announced plans to extend the support available from maths hubs from academic year 2023/24. This was accompanied by plans to provide more intensive maths hubs support to schools that need it most.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 192636 question first answered 14/07/2023 10:18:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1648331

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of financial incentives on the recruitment and retention of teachers in schools serving disadvantaged communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL8819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The department offers bursaries worth up to £27,000 tax-free and scholarships worth up to £29,000 tax-free, to encourage talented trainee teachers in key subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing.</p><p>The National Foundation for Educational Research has published independent research which corroborates the department’s analysis that a £1,000 increase in bursary value results in an approximately 3% increase in applicants on average, all other things being equal.</p><p>There is evidence that schools serving disadvantaged communities face greater teacher workforce challenges. This is why the department is also offering a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax-free for mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who choose to work in disadvantaged schools, including in Education Investment Areas. This will support the retention of specialist teachers in these subjects and in the schools and areas that need them most.</p><p>The Levelling Up Premium is informed by the previous maths and physics teacher retention payments pilot. A University College London evaluation of this found that teachers who received these £2,000 tax-free payments were 23% less likely to leave teaching, showing retention payments can help solve teacher shortages.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 11/07/2023 13:09:34 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

1645918

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention rate of teachers.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	190391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>There are now over 468,000 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in England, which is an increase of 2,800 (less than 1%) since last year, and an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest FTE of teachers since the School Workforce Census began in 2010. Just over two thirds of teachers who qualified five years ago are still teaching.</p><p>The Department’s reforms are aimed at increasing teacher recruitment and at ensuring teachers across England stay and thrive in the profession.</p><p>The Department announced a financial incentives package worth up to £181 million for those starting initial teacher training (ITT) in the 2023/24 academic year. The Department is providing bursaries worth up to £27,000 and scholarships worth up to £29,000 to encourage trainees to apply to train in key secondary subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing.</p><p>The Department provides a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 annually for mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who work in disadvantaged schools nationally, including within Education Investment Areas (EIAs). The eligibility criteria and list of eligible schools are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/levelling-up-premium-payments-for-teachers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/levelling-up-premium-payments-for-teachers</a>.</p><p>The Department has also raised starting salaries outside London by 8.9% to £28,000 and remains committed to the Government’s ambition of delivering £30,000 starting salaries to attract talented people to teaching.</p><p>The Department has created an entitlement to at least three years of structured training, support, and professional development for all new teachers, underpinned by the ITT Core Content Framework and the Early Career Framework (ECF). Further information on the ITT Core Content Framework can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-itt-core-content-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-itt-core-content-framework</a>. Further information on the ECF can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-career-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-career-framework</a>. Together, these ensure that new teachers will benefit from at least three years of evidence based training, across ITT and into their induction.</p><p>To support retention, the Department has worked with the education sector and published a range of resources to help address staff workload and wellbeing and to support schools to introduce flexible working practices. This includes the workload reduction toolkit and the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. Further information on the workload reduction toolkit can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit</a>. Further information on the Education Staff Wellbeing charter can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>. More than 2,600 schools have signed up to the Charter so far.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/06/2023 18:31:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers