Claim: There are more teachers with first class degrees.
Fact-check: Teachers with first class degrees - Full Fact
Verdict: the proportion of postgraduate trainee teachers with first class degrees did increase between 2012 and 2014. in 2015 and 2016 it seems to be static. these more recent figures aren't fully comparable with those from earlier because of a change in the data.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-03-22T00:00:00