Substitute teachers covered more than one million school days last year amid staffing crisis

Figures released by the Department of Education show 796,665 days were covered by substitute teachers at primary level last year, and a further 234,337 days were covered by substitutes at post-primary level.

Substitute teachers covered more than one million school days last year, as schools struggled to find classroom cover amid a "substitution crisis". 

Figures released by the Department of Education show 796,665 days were covered by substitute teachers at primary level last year.