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<p>Information on the school workforce in England is published in the annual ‘School
Workforce in England’ national statistics release, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>The
number of teachers without qualified teacher status in all state funded schools in
England, including a breakdown by primary and secondary, and by local authority, is
available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/29d83b82-2aba-44c7-bb82-08db371944c7"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/29d83b82-2aba-44c7-bb82-08db371944c7</a>.</p><p>Data
relating to schools in individual constituencies can be found in the ‘teacher and
support staff numbers by school’ file, within the additional supporting files section,
available at: <a href="https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/0728fb07-f014-492c-aac9-fd11bb441601/files/2dfcc772-c410-46ac-cb9d-08da713e9200"
target="_blank">https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/0728fb07-f014-492c-aac9-fd11bb441601/files/2dfcc772-c410-46ac-cb9d-08da713e9200</a>.</p><p>There
are 24,000 more teachers now than in 2010. The quality of teaching is the most important
in school factor in improving outcomes for children, especially for those from disadvantaged
backgrounds. Evidence is clear that high quality professional development can lead
to improved pupil attainment.</p><p>The Department has invested in transforming training
for teachers and head teachers. Every teacher and head teacher now has access to high
quality, evidence based training and professional development at every stage of their
career, starting with initial teacher training (ITT).</p><p>By 2024, a reformed ITT
provider market will be delivering quality assured training leading to qualified teacher
status (QTS) that places a greater emphasis than ever before on embedding structured
practice into courses, ensuring trainees are ready to thrive in the classroom.</p><p>A
new system of higher quality training provider partnerships will be supported by £36
million to introduce new Quality Requirements, including better training for mentors
and the delivery of new, cutting edge, intensive training, and practice activity.
Every teaching school hub will be involved in ITT to ensure that training places are
available across the country.</p><p>QTS is considered desirable for teachers in most
schools in England. In some schools, including academies, free schools, and independent
schools, QTS is not a legal requirement. Academies have a fundamental freedom to employ
talented people who do not necessarily have QTS.</p><p>Most teachers in all schools,
including academies, have QTS and have undertaken initial teacher training. In the
2021/22 academic year, the latest data available, 14,771 teachers (headcount) did
not have qualified teacher status, equivalent to 2.9% of teachers.</p>
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