Physics: Teachers
Commons · Question 56003 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the number of physics teachers on post-16 physics uptake in schools in disadvantaged areas.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 9 Jun 2025
High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcome in school and college. This government has inherited a system with critical shortages of teachers, especially in physics. In 2023/24, w...