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Education and young people

Teachers in secondary schools, special schools and colleges

On track
+4,654full-time teachers since 2023/24, in the 2025/26 count

71.6% of the target, with the straight path needing 2,294 by now

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Pledge: 6,500 more teachers by the end of this parliament (taken here as Jul 2029) than in 2023/24.

What it means: full-time-equivalent teachers in secondary schools, special schools and further education colleges in England, as counted by the government for this pledge. Primary schools are not part of it, and teacher numbers there have been falling.

Source: DfE, school workforce in England (2025) and the 6,500 teachers delivery plan.