The Independent: Alarm at rising drop-out rate for student teachers
15 per cent of all trainee teachers drop out before the end of their course
The drop-out rate for would-be teachers is rising – with modern language and maths courses among those with the worst record.
A report out today shows that 15 per cent of all trainees drop out before the end of their course (up from 14 per cent last year) with 28 per cent failing to take up a teaching post once they graduate.
The report, an annual survey of teacher training courses by Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson from the University of Buckingham’s Centre for Education and Employment, shows fewer modern languages trainees go on to work in the classroom than any other subject – with just 63 per cent ending up in teaching. Classics has the best rate, at 93 per cent.
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