Education
Fact checks about schools, teacher supply, childcare universities and qualifications
Are a quarter of secondary school maths classes taught by non-maths teachers?
Commenting on the 'crisis in maths teaching' in yesterday's Guardian, Matt Parker claimed that about a quarter of secondary school maths classes are taught by non-maths teachers. Do his figures …
Read more…Are 90 pupils a day suspended from primary school for violence?
Today the front page of the Daily Mail led with a claim that 90 primary pupils a day are sent home for violence in class. But where is this statistic …
Read more…Are there more than 4,250 schools in Britain without a male teacher?
With figures released this week showing record numbers of male trainee primary school teachers, do thousands of British schools still lack a male teacher?
Read more…Science: a girl thing, not yet a women thing — women in science in the UK
The European Commission's 'Science: It's a girl thing!' campaign launched at the end of last week. A controversial video brought the campaign a good deal of attention. But is the …
Read more…Are today's pupils worse at maths than those of the 1970s?
Amidst the controversy over GCSEs and A-Levels, the Telegraph has claimed that maths standards are worse now than they were in the 1970s. Is this true?
Read more…Are record numbers of teachers leaving the profession?
On Sunday the Independent reported that there was an exodus from the teaching profession as the number of teachers leaving the profession before they reached retirement age hit a record …
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