More needs to be done to ensure that pupils opt to take science lessons after GCSE level.

The Centre for Science Education (CSE) has claimed that the decline in the number of pupils taking the subject post-16 is a "concern".

Ken Mannion, director of the CSE, believes that getting people interested in science involves employing teachers with the knowledge, skills and confidence to "inspire and motivate".

"It involves use of enhancement and enrichment activities to bring the real world of science into the classroom, and to take pupils out to sites where science is 'in evidence' for example industry visits, science discovery centres and field work," he adds.

Mr Mannion's comments could be of interest to individuals currently in science teaching jobs who are looking for new ways to teach the subject.

Meanwhile, last week Ofqual chief executive Isabel Nisbet told the Times Educational Supplement that this summer's science and additional science GCSE exams were too easy.

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