Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in schools Mid Bedfordshire constituency were recruited in the academic years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.

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 is the highest number of FTE teachers since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.

The requested figures for teachers joining and leaving service by parliamentary constituency are not available.

Information on the school workforce in England, including the number and characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity, working pattern and post) of teachers joining and leaving service nationally, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.

Figures for 2022/23 leavers are not available yet as they will be identified from the November 2023 census.

Leavers are defined as qualified teachers leaving the state funded sector in England, for example due to a change of career or joining other UK education sectors, and those leaving on career breaks such as maternity leave or secondments outside of the school sector. Some of these teachers may rejoin a state funded school in England at a later date.