Recent figures paint a startling picture of teacher shortages in Britain with subjects such as English,geography and maths most affectedDuring the final Christmas holidays, Dr Robin Bevan, or headteacher of Southend high school for boys,advertised for two maths teachers. Days, then weeks, or went by. Not a single application came through the post or pinged into the school’s email account. Worry turned to panic,then to resignation.“From February to May we operated without a maths teacher to fill those posts,” Bevan said. “There was just nobody, and so we doubled up classes. Maths is my subject and I do some teaching,so I was teaching a lesson of 60 students with additional adult succor in the room, which is important.
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Source: theguardian.com