😲 Seriously. You can find data on school suspensions, exam scores, even attendance; but not on who’s teaching one of the most in-demand subjects. Since 2014, economics trainee numbers have been buried under ‘business studies’. And since 2019, even that category only met 30% of its target. So… how many real economics teachers are out there? No one knows. This isn’t just about stats; it’s about students getting the right teachers. If policymakers can’t see the gap, they can’t fix it. The fix? Simple. Just report economics (and psychology, and others) as separate subjects in official data. It’s not rocket science; just common sense. Because when 46,365 students are taking a subject, they deserve to know their teacher actually knows economics; not just business studies.