Justine Greening corrected the Commons record on Teacher Recruitment and Retention

18 December 2017 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · Education

The words were spoken in the Commons on 11 December 2017. The correction was made by letter from Justine Greening, and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 18 December 2017. The figure 4,200 in the original became 14,200 in the correction, higher by 10,000. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.

The question

9. What recent assessment she has made of trends in teacher recruitment and retention.

Original and corrected words

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Original	Corrected
Teacher numbers are at an all-time high: there are 15,500 more teachers than there were in 2010; postgraduate recruitment is at its highest level since 2012-13; and in 2015-16 we welcomed back ~~4,200~~ teachers into the classroom, which is an 8% improvement on the 2011 figure. However, we are absolutely not complacent; we continue to invest in teacher recruitment and are actively addressing the issues that teachers cite as a reason for leaving the profession.	Teacher numbers are at an all-time high: there are 15,500 more teachers than there were in 2010; postgraduate recruitment is at its highest level since 2012-13; and in 2015-16 we welcomed back 14,200 teachers into the classroom, which is an 8% improvement on the 2011 figure. However, we are absolutely not complacent; we continue to invest in teacher recruitment and are actively addressing the issues that teachers cite as a reason for leaving the profession.

Original

Corrected

Teacher numbers are at an all-time high: there are 15,500 more teachers than there were in 2010; postgraduate recruitment is at its highest level since 2012-13; and in 2015-16 we welcomed back ~~4,200~~ teachers into the classroom, which is an 8% improvement on the 2011 figure. However, we are absolutely not complacent; we continue to invest in teacher recruitment and are actively addressing the issues that teachers cite as a reason for leaving the profession.

Teacher numbers are at an all-time high: there are 15,500 more teachers than there were in 2010; postgraduate recruitment is at its highest level since 2012-13; and in 2015-16 we welcomed back 14,200 teachers into the classroom, which is an 8% improvement on the 2011 figure. However, we are absolutely not complacent; we continue to invest in teacher recruitment and are actively addressing the issues that teachers cite as a reason for leaving the profession.

The correction in Hansard.

Related key figures

Teachers in state-funded schools in England

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