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<p>Education is a devolved matter, and this response outlines relevant information
for England only.</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 Teacher Workforce Model is used by DfE to calculate postgraduate
initial teacher training (PGITT) targets for individual subjects. The model considers
a broad range of factors including but not limited to projected pupil numbers, all
forms of teacher recruitment (not just ITT), and the expected level of teacher retention.
The PGITT target for secondary teachers in 2023/24 is 26,360. The targets are published
on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets</a>.</p><p>The
Department monitors and reviews teacher recruitment through the annual Initial Teacher
Training Census (published each December). The latest information on ITT recruitment
reported against PGITT targets can be found in the Initial Teacher Training Census
statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2022-23"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2022-23</a>.
The performance against targets for the 2023/24 academic year will be published this
December.</p><p>As expected, the unprecedented increase in new entrants to ITT during
2020/21 because of the COVID-19 pandemic has since declined. The graduate and general
labour markets became more competitive and pay has risen in competing sectors.</p><p>To
boost teacher recruitment and retention, the Department has introduced the biggest
teaching reform in a generation, the Early Career Framework (ECF). The ECF provides
the solid foundations for a successful career in teaching, backed by over £130 million
a year in funding.</p><p>The Department has also accepted in full the School Teachers’
Review Body’s recommendations for the 2023/24 pay award for teachers and leaders,
resulting in a pay award of 6.5% , the highest for teachers in over thirty years.
This comes on top of the record pay rise in 2022/23 of 5.4% on average, meaning that
over two years, teacher pay is increasing by more than 12% on average.</p><p>There
is still further to go to improve recruitment in some subjects. To address this a
range of measures have been put in place, including bursaries worth up to £27,000
tax-free and scholarships worth up to £29,000 tax-free, to encourage talented trainees
to key subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing.</p><p>A Levelling
Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax-free is also being offered for mathematics, physics,
chemistry and computing teachers in the first 5 years of their careers who choose
to work in disadvantaged schools, including in Education Investment Areas. This will
support recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in these subjects and in
the schools and areas that need them most.</p>
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