Teacher shortages deny nearly a third of poorer pupils’ access to Computer Science A

Teacher shortages deny nearly a third of poorer pupils’ access to Computer Science A

New polling from Teach First highlights the impact of the growing teacher recruitment crisis, with pupils in the most disadvantaged areas being locked out of key A-Level subjects due to a lack of trained teachers.  A new poll has found that among schools offering A-levels, almost a third (31%) of schools in the poorest communities do not offer computer science A-Level due to a lack of teachers trained in that subject — nearly three times the rat…