The national curriculum is being blamed for school children missing out on practical science lessons, research by EngineeringUK has found. Demands of the curriculum are the biggest barrier to ...

The poorest pupils are most likely to miss out on practical science lessons in English schools, a study suggests. Over a quarter of GCSE students take little or no part in practical science ...

78% of trainee/first year science teachers say COVID-19 negatively impacted their school placement experience. 52% of trainee/first year science teachers feel unprepared to teach practical chemistry ...

In our major, annual survey of almost 2,000 science teachers and technicians, insufficient time (58%), challenging student behaviour (48%), and the cost of consumables and chemicals (43%) were cited ...

Science teachers are doing fewer practical experiments because of the demands of the curriculum, tests and badly behaved pupils, a poll suggests. Online research among 1,300 teachers by the government ...

A lack of practical lessons in schools in England means many teenagers are struggling with science, Ofsted warns. Inspectors from the watchdog said while many teenagers gained science GCSEs, they did ...