«Early - stage research indicates that the # 67 million maths and physics teacher supply package, aimed at recruiting an additional 2,500 teachers and improving the skills of 15,000
non-specialist teachers in these subjects, is having a positive impact.»
Not exact matches
The study found that specialist primary
teachers are six per cent less effective than their
non-specialist colleagues, with data showing pupils who were taught by
subject specialists saw a drop
in their grades.
80 per cent of respondents said they believed the situation was worse or significantly worse than 12 months ago, with 73 per cent reporting that they have had to use supply
teachers to fill vacancies and 71 per cent saying they have had to use
non-specialists — those without a degree
in the relevant
subject — to teach classes.
The purpose of
teacher subject specialism training (TSST) is to improve the
subject knowledge of
non-specialist teachers and those looking to return to the teaching profession, and increase the number of hours taught
in secondary mathematics, core maths, physics and modern foreign languages.
These include having to pay more for
teachers in shortage
subjects, being forced to collapse classes when
teachers can't be recruited, and resorting to hiring
non-specialists or non-qualified
teachers to fill vacancies.
Non-specialist teachers who could teach an additional
subject in addition to their main
subject