Disadvantaged parents in England and Wales rule out Stem jobs for children, charity says

One of the main issues the survey raised was the widespread shortage of specialist teachers in Stem subjects across England. Photograph: monkeybusinessimages/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Disadvantaged parents rule out careers in science, technology, engineering and maths for their children because they think those jobs are “already stitched up”, according to a leading education charity.

More than half of parents (51%) from a lower socioeconomic background, who took part in a survey by Teach First, said they believed their children were unlikely to go on to a career in Stem.