Department for Education's pledge

The Education Secretary has today (8 July 2024), begun work delivering the government’s pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers.

Made under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government, as GOV.UK labels it.

Made 2024-07-08 · Where it was made · archived copy · Government publication

What the official figures show

Additional teachers counted towards the 6,500 pledge (FTE, secondary, special and further education, against 2023), November 2025 (latest)

4654FTE

2026-10-23 · Department for Education, School workforce in England · receipt

Additional teachers, this Parliament (target)

6500teachers

2026-10-23 · Department for Education · receipt

Teachers in all schools in England (FTE), November 2025 (latest)

466372FTE

2026-10-23 · Department for Education, School workforce in England · receipt

These figures are repeated from their sources and update automatically. We don't say whether the pledge has been kept.