Baroness Blotchasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many teachers in secondary schools are teaching subjects for which they were not trained. [HL884]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)The latest figures available show that in 1996–97, 82 per cent of secondary school teachers held an appropriate subject qualification for the subjects taught.