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1463752

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all teachers are well trained to teach children with SEND in the classroom, in the context of SEND training not being mandatory for mainstream teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	3799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>All teachers are teachers of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and the department is committed to ensuring that all pupils can reach their potential and receive excellent support from their teachers. To support all teachers to meet these standards, the government are implementing a ‘golden thread’ of high-quality teacher training reforms which begins with initial teacher training and continues into early career teaching, through to the reformed suite of leadership and specialist National Professional Qualifications, ensures that teachers have the skills to support all pupils to succeed, including those with SEND.</p><p>The revised initial teacher training core content framework, which all new entrants to the profession benefit from, has been designed around how to support all pupils to succeed, including those pupils identified within the four areas of need, set out in the SEND Code of Practice. All trainees who achieve qualified teacher status must demonstrate that they can adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils, including those with SEND.</p><p>The early career framework (ECF) has been designed around how to support all pupils to succeed and seeks to widen access for all. This includes those pupils identified within the four areas of need set out in the SEND code of practice, and children in need of help and protection as identified in the Children in Need Review.</p><p>Consideration of SEND underpins both the CCF and ECF which were both produced with the support of sector experts.</p><p>Once teachers qualify and are employed in schools, headteachers use their professional judgement to identify any further training, including specific specialisms, for individual staff that is relevant to them, the school, and its pupils.</p><p>In February 2022, we announced more than £45 million of funding for continued targeted support for families and parents of children with SEND and SEND services. This includes funding that will directly support schools and colleges to work with pupils with SEND, for example through training on specific needs like autism.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/05/2022 10:05:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1421327

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve the provision of mental health training for (a) schoolteachers and (b) lecturers in (i) universities and (ii) colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	121787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The government is progressing well on its commitment to offer quality assured training to help develop all state-funded schools and colleges’ approaches to mental health and wellbeing in England by 2025. The department has invested over £9.5 million during the financial year 2021-22.</p><p>As of 14 January 2022, over 8,000 eligible schools and colleges have applied for a senior mental health lead training grant. On 8 February 2022, the government announced that an additional £3 million has been provided to extend access to training, enabling eligible parties to access training before the end of May. Information on this can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/improvements-seen-in-children-and-young-peoples-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/improvements-seen-in-children-and-young-peoples-wellbeing</a>.</p><p>The government provides practical ways to support schools in teaching about mental health and wellbeing through training modules. Details on the training modules can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-mental-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-mental-wellbeing</a>. Additionally, the department’s Leading Behaviour and Culture national professional qualification supports teachers to improve the wellbeing, motivation, and behaviour of pupils in the classroom.</p><p>Higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from the government. The government supports various organisations calling for universities and colleges to adopt mental health as a priority, such as Universities UK’s Stepchange and the University Mental Health Charter.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/02/2022 17:07:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1465054

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review, what steps he is taking to ensure that all teachers have training to support children with SEND.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	6841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper recognises that excellent mainstream provision and teaching serves as the foundation for a strong SEND system.</p><p>The department's revised Initial Teacher Training and Core Content Framework, which all new entrants to the profession benefit from, has been designed to support all children and young people to succeed. All trainees who achieve Qualified Teacher Status must demonstrate that they can adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils, including those with SEND.</p><p>The Early Career Framework, introduced in September 2021, entitles early career teachers to a further two years of development. This framework was designed in consultation with SEND specialists and includes training on identifying pupils who need teaching content further broken down.</p><p>In February 2022, the department announced more than £45 million of funding for continued targeted support for families and parents of children with SEND and SEND services. This includes funding that will directly support schools and colleges to work with pupils with SEND, for example through training on specific needs like autism, as well as best practice for developing whole school SEND support and initiatives.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/05/2022 16:54:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1463476

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the ambition of the SEND Review to make schools more inclusive for children with SEND, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that teachers are adequately trained to teach children with SEND.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	3591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>All teachers are teachers of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The department is committed to ensuring that all pupils can reach their potential and receive excellent support from their teachers. The Schools White Paper and SEND and AP Green Paper are aligned on this expectation.</p><p>To support all teachers to meet these standards, the department is implementing a series of high-quality teacher training reforms. This begins with initial teacher training (ITT) and continues into early career teaching, through to the reformed suite of leadership and specialist National Professional Qualifications.</p><p>The revised ITT and Core Content Framework (CCF) and the early career framework (ECF), which all newly qualified teachers benefit from, have been designed around how to support all pupils to succeed and seeks to widen access for all. This includes those pupils identified within the four areas of need set out in the SEND code of practice, and children in need of help and protection as identified in the Children in Need Review. All trainees who achieve qualified teacher status must demonstrate that they can adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils, including those with SEND.</p><p>Consideration of SEND underpins both the CCF and the ECF, which were both produced with the support of sector experts.</p><p>Once teachers qualify and are employed in schools, headteachers use their professional judgement to identify any further training, including specific specialisms, for individual staff that is relevant to them, the school, and its pupils.</p><p>In February 2022, the department announced more than £45 million of funding for continued targeted support for families and parents of children with SEND and SEND services. This includes funding that will directly support schools and colleges to work with pupils with SEND, for example through training on specific needs like autism.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/05/2022 09:32:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1485301

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether ITT providers are given the same information when they apply for reaccreditation.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	28924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>All organisations that applied in the first or second accreditation round received the same guidance from the department. This guidance was set out in the ‘How to Apply’ guide and the accompanying frequently asked questions document, both of which were made available on Jaggaer, the online platform for application submission.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/07/2022 16:59:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1487391

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of his Department's Statistics on initial teacher training, updated on 21 April 2022; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	32622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The number of teachers remains high, with more than 465,000 working in state-funded schools across the country, 24,000 more than in 2010[1].</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the initial teacher training (ITT) census (academic year 2021/22[2]), the percentage of the postgraduate ITT (PGITT) target achieved for all subjects (secondary and primary) was 101%. 136% of the PGITT target was achieved in primary, this target has been exceeded in four of the last five years. Overall, 82% of the PGITT target was achieved in secondary subjects.</p><p> </p><p>Department targets, as estimated by the teacher workforce model (TWM), are for 32,600 postgraduate teacher trainees (11,655 primary and 20,945 secondary) to start their ITT in autumn 2022 (including high performance ITT (HPITT) trainees)[3]. As of 20 June 2022, 20,270 candidates have been accepted onto postgraduate courses in England (excluding HPITT): 10,164 primary and 10,106 secondary[4]. Acceptance figures exclude HPITT acceptances, as this data is not published. It is expected that more candidates will be recruited in the final three months of the cycle. Therefore, although acceptance figures provide a better indication of the number of teacher trainees starting training in October 2022, they are not directly comparable to TWM trainee targets.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The departments knows there is further to go in some secondary subjects and that teacher recruitment remains challenging. That is why we have put in place a range of measures for trainees in 2021 and 2022, including bursaries worth up to £24,000 and scholarships worth up to £26,000, to encourage talented trainees to apply to train in key subjects such as chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics. The department reviews the funding we offer for trainee teachers starting ITT each year. In doing this, we take account of historic recruitment, forecast economic conditions, and teacher supply need in each subject.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to invest in attracting the best teachers where they are needed the most, through our teaching marketing campaign and support services for prospective trainees. We are also exploring new ways to recruit trainee teachers in subjects where there are shortages. For example, the department is introducing a new scholarship to attract the most talented language graduates to the profession, and we are piloting a new ITT course designed to support more engineers to teach physics.</p><p> </p><p>Performance in teacher recruitment is significantly driven by wider economic conditions, notably the buoyancy of the graduate recruitment market. Teaching must compete against other private, third and public sector careers for high-quality graduate talent. Graduate salaries and jobs are increasing, which has a considerable impact on the competitiveness of the teaching profession.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">School workforce in England, Reporting Year 2021 – Explore education statistics – GOV.UK (explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2021-22" target="_blank">Initial Teacher Training Census, Academic Year 2021/22 – Explore education statistics – GOV.UK (explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Postgraduate initial teacher training targets: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>[4] Acceptances- up to 20th June 2022 excluding HPITT (sum of recruited and pending conditions), <a href="https://www.apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk/publications/monthly-statistics/2022-06" target="_blank">Initial teacher training application statistics for courses starting in the 2022 to 2023 academic year - Apply for teacher training - GOV.UK (apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 32623 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:44:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan