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<p>Legislation does not specify that teachers must have a degree in a particular subject
or discipline. The Teachers’ Standards specify the subject knowledge required for
the award of qualified teacher status. All trainee teachers must meet these by the
time they complete their training.</p><p><del class="ministerial">In November 2019,
of 2,948 state-funded secondary schools in England, the most common subjects taught
where no teachers in a school held a relevant post A level qualification in the subject
were computing (400), Spanish (292) and media studies (209). The attached table provides
further detail on all subjects.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In November 2019,
of 2,957 state-funded secondary schools in England, the most common subjects taught
where no teachers in a school held relevant post A level qualification in the subject
were: computing (293), Spanish (271) and media studies (225). The attached table provides
further detail on all subjects.</ins></p><p>These figures relate only to schools where
the subjects were taught. For example, a school that does not teach engineering and
does not have a teacher with a post A level qualification in engineering is excluded
from figures. In addition, figures only include schools that supplied both curriculum
and teacher qualification data. This differs to the methodology used in the answer
to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-30/25092"
target="_blank">25092,</a> which included all schools, regardless of curriculum data
and subjects taught. The present methodology better reflects the status of schools
who do not have teachers with a post A level qualification in specific subjects.</p><p>The
information provided does not consider the subject taught by teachers. For example,
a teacher with a qualification in mathematics may instead teach computer science.
Information on subjects taught and teacher’s post A level qualifications is published
in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a></p><p>To
reduce the burden during the COVID-19 outbreak, schools and local authorities were
not required to provide information on teacher qualifications in 2020. Therefore,
the information provided relates to the November 2019 School Workforce Census.</p>
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