Government ministers have been urged to set targets to boost the number of male teachers in England, as backbench MPs seek to capitalise on turbulence in the Labour party to influence government policy.
A key headline from last week’s Department for Education (DfE) school workforce statistics is the further progress the Government has made towards its 6,500 teacher target, with 4,654 more teachers above its 2023/24 baseline in the parts of the system DfE is targeting.