Which year groups are commonly taught by non-specialist teachers?

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Our Chief Executive, Steve Brace, has contributed to the TES Magazine article ‘Year 7s commonly taught by non-specialist teachers’.

The Geographical Association said: ‘The ideal would be for all geography lessons to be taught by passionate and expert subject-specialist geography teachers – who can bring the subject to life for all their pupils. Where schools draw on the support on non-specialist teachers, it is important that they are properly supported so that they have a secure understanding of the complex geographical processes and contexts that they will be teaching.’

Read the full article on TES here.

The GA has developed the following Geography Subject Knowledge Scholarship Programme to provide support for non-specialist trainees and teachers who are seeking to develop their geographical subject knowledge: Find out more about the SKSP and how to apply here.

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