Today’s dire teacher training recruitment data confirms teacher supply is a critical issue facing England’s education system.
Physics recruitment of just 17 per cent of the target numbers will grab the headlines, along with secondary recruitment at half-of-target, an unprecedentedly low level.
But it is the huge extent and near-universal set of shortfalls that should concern policymakers.
Fifteen out of 18 secondary subjects failing to meet recruitment targets means it is a full crisis of teacher supply, and not just a challenge confined to the usual suspect subjects. Primary recruitment is the lowest it has been for more than a decade.
