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Most teachers lack degree in their subject

Less than half of secondary school teachers have a degree in the subject they teach, according to a report commissioned by the government.

The proportion of lessons being taught by teachers with no relevant post A-level qualification has increased in the past five years by four percentage points to 21%.

Most damaging for ministers, who yesterday claimed this generation of teachers was the best-qualified ever, the report found schools in the most disadvantaged areas were least likely to have teachers with relevant qualifications. Across all state schools only 43% of teachers have a degree in the subject they teach.

The National Foundation for Educational Research surveyed more than 14,000 teachers in nearly 330 secondary schools in England. It also found there had been an overall 10 percentage point rise in the proportion of teachers with degrees in their specialist subjects.