shared on 8 June the Department for Education claimed that “new data shows that there's a record number of teachers in England’s schools”.shows that, as of November 2022, there are 468,371 full-time equivalent teachers in state schools in England—an increase of 2,800 since the previous year, and the highest number since comparable records began in 2010/11.
But these figures don’t show how the number of teachers has changed in relation to the number of pupils. Selective use of official information without appropriate context and caveats can damage public trust in both official information and the government. Caveats and context should always be included when claims are made, and oversights rectified when they occur.The number of teachers hasn’t kept pace with growing pupil numbers