Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many teachers from overseas have been awarded qualified teacher status in the UK in each of the last three years, broken down by country.

The Department for Education produces statistics for England only. The responsibility for education statistics in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales lies with each devolved administration.

The attached tables provide the number of qualified teachers from overseas who have been awarded qualified teacher status (QTS) in England in each of the last three years available (financial year 2014/15 to financial year 2016/17). These tables are taken from published statistics in the initial teacher training (ITT) census, available at the department’s ITT Statistics webpage.

Table 8, attached, shows the number of QTS awards made in England to qualified teachers from the European Economic Area (EEA) under EU Directive 2005/36/EC.

Table 8a, attached, shows the number of QTS awards made in England to qualified teachers from overseas (excluding the EEA).