Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to expand the International Teacher Recruitment Strategy; and if she will make a statement.

The Department for Education is supporting a pilot project to recruit qualified mathematics and physics teachers from overseas. We will review the pilot project to inform plans for the future.

We recently signed an agreement with the Spanish Ministry of Education to join their Visiting Teachers programme. It provides opportunities for schools to recruit qualified teachers from Spain. Visiting teachers will be available from September 2017 for a year, with options to extend the programme where appropriate.