BBC – Staff Writer
“More than one in 10 schools in England are using more unqualified teachers to take lessons in response to growing teacher shortages, research suggests. The Times Education Supplement (TES) says a survey of nearly 250 heads revealed almost half had unfilled positions in their schools. The survey, by TES Global, also suggested that more than a quarter were also using more supply teachers…Almost one in 10 of the heads said they had recruited teachers from overseas while almost one in eight said they were asking teachers to cover subjects in which they did not specialise…A Department for Education spokesman responded: “The number and quality of teachers in our classrooms is at an all-time high.””(more)