Opinion

Schools will need funding to provide extra training for new teachers

There should be a revised three-year teacher training route, and schools should be given extra funding to provide it,...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Teachers need good CPD throughout their career

While today’s QTS consultation is welcome, we must not forget that teachers need professional development and mentoring throughout their...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

‘Strengthened’ QTS proposals due out today

A consultation on lengthening the time it takes teachers to fully qualify into the profession is set to launch...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Teaching assistants allowed to gain QTS through assessment-only route

The number of teachers qualifying through a 12-week “assessment-only” route is rising, fuelling fears that providers are letting applicants...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Nearly 5,000 prospective teachers fail QTS tests 3 times

Almost 5,000 prospective teachers failed the compulsory numeracy and literary skills test three times in 2015-16, shutting them out...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Greening: Teaching will cease to be only for university graduates

Teaching will cease to exist as a university graduate-only profession under Conservative plans for a new degree-equivalent apprenticeship route...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Learndirect debacle shines light on £2m teacher test contract

The future of online tests for trainee teachers is hanging in the balance, as the only provider which holds...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
News

Greening promises QTS won’t be scrapped, and 7 key findings from her College of Teaching conference speech

Justine Greening has promised qualified teacher status will not be scrapped amid concerns the entry-bar into teaching is being...

John Dickens
John Dickens