Nearly four in five lessons in some subjects are now taught by non-specialist teachers, new analysis of government figures suggests.
A Labour party analysis of school workforce census figures looked at the proportion of hours across 30 secondary subjects taught by a teacher without a relevant degree.
Half had seen a rise in classes taught by teachers without a relevant degree in the subject.
It comes amid a continuing recruitment crisis in the sector, with predictions that ministers are on track to recruit less than half of the required secondary trainee teachers for 2023-24.
