Labour Party 2024 manifesto's pledge

Recruit 6,500 new teachers in key subjects to prepar children for life, work and the future, paid for by ending tax breaks for private schools.

Made in Labour's 2024 general election manifesto, before the election that formed the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government.

Made 2024-06-13 · Where it was made · archived copy · Speaker's own words, quoted

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.