The department was also criticised for failing to hit teacher recruitment target for four years running, with 14 out of 17 secondary subjects left with
unfilled training places last year.
Ofsted highlighted that 15 of 18 secondary subjects had this year
unfilled training places.
Across all secondary subjects, 14 out of 17 had
unfilled training places this year, compared with just two subjects five years ago.
Fifteen of the 18 curriculum subjects had
unfilled training places this year.
Not exact matches
Last year, 42 % of RE teacher
training places were
unfilled and almost 50 % of RE lessons in secondary schools are delivered by teachers who are not qualified in the subject.
The teacher recruitment crisis affects the majority of subjects — six per cent of the 29,787 postgraduate teacher
training places went
unfilled last year with only history, English and physical education meeting or exceeding their target quotas.
Almost 1 in 5 teacher
training places remain
unfilled and this is the third consecutive year the secondary recruitment target has been missed.
As a result, an increasing number of
training places were going
unfilled in all but a handful of subjects taught at secondary level.