Physics teaching is under threat because of a growing lack of qualified staff. Almost a quarter of secondary schools in England no longer have any specialist physics teachers, with the proportion ...

Physicists and educationalists have many theories about why so few girls study physics. Valerie Jamieson goes back to school and asks female pupils what they really think. Vanessa Bennett, Callie ...

Boys are still almost four times as likely to study physics A-level than girls sparking fresh warnings that gender bias, and a lack of good teachers, is turning girls off the subject. Figures show the ...

More than 700,000 GCSE physics students could be without a specialist teacher, a report has warned. The Institute of Physics (IOP) has called for urgent action to tackle the shortage in physics ...

Rugby High School teacher, Susan Mighall, has won the Physics Teacher of the Year Award 2025. Susan is Rugby High's ...

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Boys are still much more likely to take physics A-level than girls (Chris Radburn/PA) Credit: PA Archive/PA Images Boys are still almost four times as likely to study physics A-level than girls ...