Claim: Record numbers of teachers are quitting the profession, more than entered the profession.
Fact-check: Are more teachers quitting the profession than entering it? - Full Fact
Verdict: slightly more people left teaching roles in state-funded schools in 2014 than entered them. those that left include over one in four who retired, so not all of these people are "quitting" teaching in favour of a different job. the numbers of teachers leaving and entering state-funded schools in england in 2014 were the highest since 2011 .
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2015-12-15T00:00:00