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1666201

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people to become mathematics teachers.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Dean Russell
uin	203618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>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 FTE of teachers since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p>The Department knows there is further to go to improve recruitment in some subjects, including mathematics. This is why the Department has put in place a range of measures, including bursaries worth £28,000 tax free and scholarships worth £30,000 tax free, to encourage talented trainees to teach mathematics, as well as physics, chemistry and computing. The initial teacher training financial incentives package for the 2024/25 recruitment cycle is worth up to £196 million, a £15 million increase on the last cycle.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/10/2023 11:17:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell

1661146

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of maths teachers in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) sixth form colleges.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	199924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Recruitment to mathematics remains challenging in both schools and colleges. However, school teacher recruitment performance against targets has increased consistently since 2019/20 in mathematics before stabilising in 2022/23.</p><p>The Department has put in place a range of measures for trainees in 2023, including bursaries worth up to £27,000 and scholarships worth up to £29,000, to encourage talented individuals to apply to train in key subjects such as mathematics.</p><p>For those intending to work as mathematics teachers in colleges, training bursaries worth £29,000 each are available in 2023/24. The Department’s Taking Teaching Further programme also supports new teachers training in colleges, including teachers of mathematics.</p><p>The Department is offering a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax free annually for mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who choose to work in disadvantaged schools. This will support recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in these subjects and in the schools and areas that need them most.</p><p>Alongside financial levers, the Department continues to take action in attracting the best teachers where they are needed most through its teaching marketing campaign and support services for prospective trainees, and its new in house teacher recruitment journey and associated digital services.</p><p>The Department is also widening the pool of people who can access teacher training for schools, across all subjects including mathematics, through programmes such as High Potential Initial Teacher Training, Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses and the Career Changers programme.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/10/2023 12:24:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1650437

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	Mathematics: Teachers
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 specialist maths teachers in schools.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	192636
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 192635 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

1579563

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maths teachers were employed in Warwick and Leamington constituency as of 23 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	129869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce in England, including the number of subject teachers in state funded secondary schools, is collected each November as part of the annual School Workforce Census. Information is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, 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> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 129870 question first answered 31/01/2023 16:03:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1579564

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the ratio of maths teachers is to students in Warwick and Leamington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	129870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce in England, including the number of subject teachers in state funded secondary schools, is collected each November as part of the annual School Workforce Census. Information is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, 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> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 129869 question first answered 31/01/2023 16:03:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1564515

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the speech made by the Prime Minister on 4 January 2023, what estimate she has made of the number of additional maths teachers required to enable all children to study mathematics until the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	117905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, has set out a new mission to ensure all pupils study some form of mathematics until they are 18 and leave school better equipped for the jobs of the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not envisage making a mathematics A level compulsory for all 16 year olds. The Department is exploring a range of options, including existing routes, such as the Core Mathematics qualifications, T Levels, as well as other options. Further detail will be set out in due course. Workforce impacts in schools and further education colleges will be considered as part of this work.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has significant recruitment and retention investments in place for maths teachers. The Department provides a £27,000 tax free bursary or £29,000 tax free scholarship for maths Initial Teacher Training trainees starting in 2023/24, and a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax free, annually, for teachers in their first five years working in disadvantaged schools.</p><p> </p><p>Maths teachers will also benefit from the Department’s pay offer. The Department has accepted the 2022/23 recommendations of the independent School Teachers’ Review Body and is awarding teachers the highest pay awards in a generation. These awards mean up to 8.9% for new teachers and a 5% award for experienced teachers and leaders. This brings starting salaries to £28,000 outside London and keeps the Department on track to meet the manifesto commitment of a £30,000 starting salary.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2023 12:18:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1359206

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to improve the retention rate of mathematics teachers.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	56279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>There are more than 461,000 full-time equivalent classroom teachers, which is 20,000 more than in 2010. 41,472 new trainee teachers were recruited to start training in 2020/21, which is 23% more than in 2019/20, while just over two thirds of teachers who started teaching five years ago are still teaching.</p><p>However, the department recognises that some schools face challenges recruiting mathematics teachers, and that there is more to do to ensure that teaching remains a well-rewarded and prestigious profession. That is why we have announced a levelling up premium, worth up to £3,000 tax-free, for mathematics teachers in years 1 to 5 of their careers. This will support the recruitment and retention of maths teachers in the schools and areas that need them most. We will confirm the full eligibility details, including the eligible schools and areas, in due course. This is in addition to our tax-free bursaries worth up to £24,000 to encourage talented trainees into subjects such as mathematics.</p><p>As part of the education recovery plan, the department has announced that we are investing over £250 million of additional funding to help provide 500,000 teacher training opportunities to teachers so that they can access world-leading training appropriate for whatever point they are at in their career, from new teachers to headteachers. This includes £184 million of funding for new National Professional Qualifications (NPQs). Three new specialist NPQs have been launched to best address the broad range of responsibilities of current and aspiring middle leaders, including the NPQ for Leading Teaching. This aims to develop teachers who are subject leads or responsible for improving teaching practice in a subject or phase, including subjects such as mathematics.</p><p>Finally, we are taking action to reduce workload and improve wellbeing, which we know is crucial to teacher retention. The department has created an Education Staff Wellbeing Charter which sets out a range of commitments on the government and employers in schools and colleges on wellbeing. Furthermore, the Department for Education school workload reduction toolkit, developed alongside school leaders, is a helpful resource that is being used by schools to review and reduce workload in their unique context. We are working with the sector on an update to be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 25/10/2021 13:23:08 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

943921

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of teachers teaching maths (a) are qualified maths teachers and (b) hold a relevant post A level qualification for each type of 16-19 provider.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	165586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, there were 34,600 teachers of maths in state funded secondary schools. Of these, 78.0% of teachers had a relevant post A level qualification in mathematics or a related subject such as statistics. A relevant post A level qualification is defined as a first degree or higher, BEd degree, PGCE, Certificate of Education or another qualification at level 4 or above.</p><p>These figures relate to all teachers in state funded secondary schools regardless of the age range of the school. Figures on the qualifications of teachers are not routinely broken down by the year group of the class taught.</p><p>No separate figures are available for all 16-19 providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/07/2018 16:41:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

934175

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2018 to Question 156624, how many and what proportion of maths teachers in receipt of bursaries are still teaching after (a) three, (b) four and (c) five years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	160195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently undertaking detailed analysis of teacher training and school workforce data to explore the proportion of bursary holders awarded qualified teacher status (QTS) and the progression of bursary holders into the state funded workforce in England. This will include analysis of employment and retention rates by trainee bursary status (whether a trainee received a bursary), and whether the subject for which a trainee received a bursary is the subject they go on to teach. The Department intends to publish this analysis later in the year.</p><p>Table 8 of the School Workforce Census 2017 includes analysis of teacher retention rates over time, but this data is not currently available by subject and does not consider whether the teacher received a bursary during teacher training. This table is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017</a>.</p><p>Whilst not a direct measure of retention, the Department has recently published new analysis of employment rates of trainees awarded QTS in state-funded schools in England. This analysis does not consider whether a trainee received a bursary during their teacher training, but does include employment rates by subject in Table T1.4 of the Teacher Analysis Compendium (February 2018) is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-3</a>. Analysis of teacher wastage rates can also be found by subject in Tables T2.1 to T2.4 of the Teacher Analysis Compendium (May 2017) is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-2017</a>.</p><p>The Department is piloting a phased bursary for mathematics trainee teachers starting initial teacher training in the 2018/19 academic year, which comprises a lower bursary upfront followed by two additional early-career payments once in teaching. The pilot will test whether this approach secures a greater supply of teachers than the upfront bursary.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 160196 question first answered 11/07/2018 13:14:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

911102

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers are qualified Maths teachers in secondary schools in England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	147803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>As at November 2016, there were 34,400 qualified teachers of mathematics in service in state funded secondary schools in England and 37,600 qualified teachers of English. Of these, 77.7% of mathematics teachers had a relevant post A level qualification and 81.4% of English teachers had a relevant post A level qualification.[1]</p><p> </p><p>A relevant post A level qualification in mathematics is defined as a first degree or higher, BEd degree, PGCE, Certificate of Education or any other qualification at National Qualifications Framework (NQF) level 4 or above in any branch of mathematics including probability and statistics.</p><p> </p><p>A relevant post A level qualification in English is defined as one of the above qualifications in English language or literature, creative writing or linguistics.</p><p> </p><p>[1] See Table 12 of the statistical release, School Workforce in England, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016</a>. November 2017 information is scheduled to be released in June/July this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 147804 question first answered 04/06/2018 06:52:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham