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Specialist teachers still in short supply despite rising training enrolments

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Thu, 4 Sept 2025, 11:42am
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Specialist teachers still in short supply despite rising training enrolments

Author
¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 4 Sept 2025, 11:42am

Optimism in the education sector as the number of people studying to be a teacher rises. 

There's been about 3,500 new domestic enrolments to initial teacher training this year – up 30% on the same time last year. 

Primary education's grown by 31%, while enrolments in secondary are up 28%, and 24% for ECE. 

PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Andrew Dickens that doesn't reflect the need, in terms of shortages. 

He says in secondary education, they are often short of subject specialists. 

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