Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 27 September 2022.
Thank you. We continually assess the numbers of physics teachers in post, and the numbers of appointments against posts advertised has remained relatively constant over the last five years. In 2020-21, an increase in overall recruitment to secondary initial teacher education programmes resulted in 36 per cent of new entrants studying to teach STEM subjects.