New teacher training stats today show a massive divergence between shortage subjects and others.

Despite an overall increase in secondary trainees (although target missed for 7th year running), this mis-match is bad news

Stats: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2019-to-2020

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Big deterioration for shortage subjects (% recruited vs target):
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚛️" title="Atom symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Atom symbol">Physics - 43% (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Downwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Downwards arrow"> from 47%)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧮" title="Abacus" aria-label="Emoji: Abacus">Maths - 64% (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Downwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Downwards arrow"> from 70%)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flag of France" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of France"> MFL - 65% (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Downwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Downwards arrow"> from 88%)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧪" title="Test tube" aria-label="Emoji: Test tube"> Chemistry - 70% (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Downwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Downwards arrow"> from 80%)

Increasing over-recruitment in other subjects:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧬" title="DNA" aria-label="Emoji: DNA">Biology - 166% (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Upwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Upwards arrow"> from 153%)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏰" title="European castle" aria-label="Emoji: European castle">History - 127% (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Upwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Upwards arrow"> from 101%)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Earth globe americas" aria-label="Emoji: Earth globe americas">Geography - 119% (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Upwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Upwards arrow"> from 85%)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📘" title="Blue book" aria-label="Emoji: Blue book">English - 110% (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Rightwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Rightwards arrow"> from 111%)