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The article discusses findings from a report published by the National Foundation for Education Research in Great Britain which explored reasons behind the decision of science, mathematics and computing teachers to leave their profession. The reasons for teacher supply shortage are low self-efficacy in engaging students in learning, higher pay rate outside teaching, and workload. Also noted is the need to increase the number of secondary teachers as the number of pupils was forecast to rise.

The article discusses report by British National Academy of Sciences warning that over half of English schools do not offer General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) Computer Science leaving young people without the chance to learn programming and algorithm skills. Topics discussed include need for investment in computing education, comments from Steve Furber of University of Manchester on transformation in workplace with technology and call of Royal Society for computing teachers.

The article discusses Exchequer Chancellor Philip Hammond's statements on the British Government's of three million apprenticeships starting 2020 and monitoring of levy payers' flexibility during his Budget presentation in November 2017. Topics covered include the expanded Teaching for Mastery of Maths programme, the tripling of computer science teachers to 12,000, and the debt of working-class young people leaving university. Also noted are the losses effected by education funding cuts.