Do we have a chronic teacher shortage? This is the question to be asked at the Education Select Committee’s one-off evidence session when it will consider whether there is a current crisis in teacher recruitment and retention in England, or whether it is merely a "challenge", as described by the DfE.

Written submissions are invited by 20 November 2015 on the following points:

• Is there a crisis in the recruitment and retention of teachers, including at senior levels of the profession, at a regional level, and by subject, and how might the situation develop during the 2015 Parliament?
• What are the root causes of the current situation with regard to the supply of teachers?
• What further action should be taken by the Government to tackle teacher shortages?