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Teachers of core subjects leaving schools in droves

by Felicity Collier

HIGH rates of teachers are leaving the profession altogether, with science, maths and language teachers most likely to quit, according to research published yesterday.

The study by the National Foundation for Educational Research, based on data from 2010-15, found that more than one in 10 of those teaching these subjects had quit.

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