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Written question asked by Lord Quirk (Crossbench) on Wednesday, 14 October 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 October 2015. It was answered by Lord Nash (Conservative) on Monday, 26 October 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Teachers: Recruitment

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made to attract more male recruits to teaching, especially in primary schools.

Answer

We value diversity in the workforce and want to attract high quality teachers from both sexes. Recent figures show that, while 15% of full-time equivalent teachers in publicly- funded primary schools in England are male, the proportion of men starting primary initial teacher training programmes in 2014/15 is 21%, the highest proportion since comparable records were first maintained in 2008/09.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2645
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Recruitment Primary education Men Teachers
Link
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