Teacher supply is “spiralling out of control”, an expert has said, as new analysis shows ministers are on track to recruit less than half of the required secondary school trainees next year.
Trainee teacher targets for 2023-24, published by the Department for Education (DfE) this morning, show ministers expect to need more recruits in subjects that are already struggling.
The government’s target for secondary recruits has risen by 26 per cent, rising from 20,945 last year to 26,360 for this September.
The DfE said this was to “counteract” the impacts of previous years of under recruitment.
