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Just 17 teachers have been struck off for incompetence in the last decade figures show, prompting claims that underperformance is being “swept under the carpet”.

Figures released by the General Teaching Council for England show that failing staff have been barred from the profession at the rate of around one in 30 000 since 2001, with a further 14 suspended over the same period.  In the last academic year, only one teacher was struck off.

The disclosure comes despite estimates that up to 17 000 teachers in England may not be up to the job and it will prompt fresh concerns that the worst staff are being recycled through the schools system instead of being shopped to the official regulator.

Or maybe the teachers can't count and it could be many more?

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