AS CHILDREN around the country returned to school this week, some will have discovered for themselves what recent statistics had suggested: there are not enough teachers to teach them. Figures published on August 17th by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, which handles applications to teacher training courses, showed that the number of graduates applying to be teachers will fall short of government targets for the third year running.
Last year one in 100 teaching posts in England was vacant or filled temporarily, after the number of people beginning teacher training courses fell for the sixth consecutive year, to 32,000, down from 39,000 in 2009. This year’s figures suggest that in some subjects the shortages are particularly acute: according to an analysis by John Howson, a former government adviser, the number of people applying to train as English and maths teachers in 2015 fell 11% short of the government’s target, while those applying to teach some niche subjects were in more limited supply still (less than half as many applied to teach design and technology as targets required).
Existing teachers hardly make an...Continue reading
via Brian Rushton, School’s out
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