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Schools 'using unqualified staff to teach students'

Schools are using unqualified staff to teach pupils and prepare lessons, according to a survey of teachers. It found that just over half of those questioned (53%) reported that there were unqualified staff working as teachers in their school.

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NASUWT: Uncertainty over qualified teachers

Many teachers believe that the use of unqualified staff is worsening because schools cannot, or will not, pay for qualified individuals, according to a new survey of teachers. The general secretary of NASUWT, who conducted the poll, said:

Parents no longer have the certainty of knowing that when they send their children to school they will be taught by a qualified teacher.

Our children and young people have been robbed of a fundamental entitlement to be taught by qualified teachers.

– Chris Keates, NASUWT general secretary

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