Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper – Section 2.1

Funding, Policy Documents, Professional status and identity, Recruitment, Retention, Subject and skills shortages

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Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper – Section 2.1

Date: Oct 2025

Author/s: Department of Education (DfE)

Keywords: FE teacher retention and recruitment issues, investment to build a high-quality professional offer in FE, increasing teacher recruitment and retention

Summary:

Sets out the government plan to educate and train the workforce of the future and give people the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. Working with businesses, colleges, universities and the wider skills sector and it is guided by their industrial strategy.

Reference: Department of Education. (2025). Post-16 education and skills white paper. London: DfE

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