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<p>The latest data shows that 95% of postgraduate trainee teachers who were awarded
Qualified Teacher Status were employed in a teaching post within six months of qualifying[1].</p><p>
</p><p>Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers are required to demonstrate that their
trainees go on to secure employment in schools; employment rates are one of the outcome
measures that Ofsted uses to grade ITT providers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is
developing a free national digital service for schools to publish teacher vacancies
and for teachers to search for them. This new service will assist newly registered
teachers to find posts.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also testing early-career
payments for new maths teachers; they will receive a generous upfront payment of £20,000
and two early retention payments of at least £5,000 in their third and fifth year
of teaching, wherever they teach in England, or £7,500 in 39 local authorities. In
addition, teachers will benefit from the student loan repayment threshold rise, and
a pilot student loan reimbursement programme for science and Modern Foreign Language
teachers in 25 local authorities, in the early years of their career.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a
href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632451/SFR38_2017_Text.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632451/SFR38_2017_Text.pdf</a></p>
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