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1676034

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that all (a) teaching staff and (b) school leaders undertake annual mandatory training on supporting children with (i) autism, (ii) ADHD and (iii) mental health challenges.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	5674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Teachers’ Standards set clear expectations that teachers must understand the needs of all pupils, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and mental health needs. To identify opportunities to build teacher expertise, the department is undertaking a review of the Initial Teacher Training Core Content Framework and Early Career Framework. The review, due to publish in early 2024, has an aim to support trainees and Early Career Teachers to be more confident in meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND, through engaging with the most up to date evidence to inform their practice and applying this in the contexts in which they work as new teachers.</p><p> </p><p>To support teachers and leaders at any stage in their career, the department’s Universal Services programme, backed by almost £12 million, provides SEND-specific training for education professionals, with over 100,000 professionals undertaking autism awareness training since 2022.</p><p> </p><p>To promote excellent leadership, the department has a range of leadership-level National Professional Qualifications, for Senior Leadership (NPQSL), Headship (NPQH), and Executive Leadership (NPQEL), to support leaders to develop the knowledge that enables all pupils to succeed, including designing and implementing fair and inclusive policies, making reasonable adjustments and promoting best practice on supporting pupils with SEND.</p><p> </p><p>The department is enabling schools to better support children with their mental health by offering funding for all schools and colleges to train a senior mental health lead by 2025. This is a strategic leadership role, responsible for overseeing an effective, whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing. As of August 2023, 14,400 schools and colleges have claimed a senior mental health lead training grant, including more than 7 in 10 state-funded secondary schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 11/12/2023 17:23:30 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1675099

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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, how many and what proportion of participants on subject knowledge enhancement courses are eligible for bursary funding.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	4895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>For academic year 2022/2023, there were 3075 participants undertaking a subject knowledge enhancement course (SKE). For academic year 2022/2023, there were 3,075 participants undertaking an SKE. Of these, 2,940 (approximately 96%) were eligible for an SKE bursary.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/12/2023 16:58:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1675100

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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, how many teachers with qualified teacher status have enrolled on subject knowledge enhancement courses in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	4896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>Government funded subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses are not available to teachers who already hold qualified teacher status (QTS). The SKE programme supports recruitment to Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in subjects with the biggest sufficiency challenges. It is only available to candidates who have a conditional offer of a place on an ITT programme which leads to the award of QTS.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/12/2023 17:01:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1675101

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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, how many and what proportion of trainee teachers who are enrolled on initial teacher training programmes are also enrolled on subject knowledge enhancement courses in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	4900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The department does not hold exact matching data showing the number of Initial Teacher Training participants who have undertaken a subject knowledge enhancement course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/12/2023 17:04:09 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1657464

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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 her Department is taking to ensure that teaching staff receive appropriate training to support students with (a) autism and (b) sensory issues.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	197029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>All teachers need to be equipped to teach pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). High quality teaching is the single most important in-school factor in improving outcomes for all pupils, including those with autism.</p><p>Training and development to support pupils with autism starts at the beginning of a teacher’s training through their Initial Teacher Training (ITT) course, which is then embedded through the Early Career Framework (ECF). Careful consideration has been given to the needs of trainee teachers in relation to supporting pupils with SEND, and the ECF builds on that training for early career teachers.</p><p>Once teachers qualify and are employed in schools, head teachers also 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, for example, through the Universal Services Programme.</p><p>The programme offers online training, professional development groups, bespoke school and college improvement projects, sector led research, autism awareness training and a focus on preparation for adulthood, including employer led webinars. The programme commenced in May 2022 and will run until Spring 2025.</p><p>So far, 6,500 school and college staff have accessed free online training modules, and 81 schools and over 135 colleges have identified and led their own SEND focused school improvement project. These projects focused on SEND Governance, teaching assistant deployment, early identification of SEND and curriculum.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/09/2023 17:23:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1653530

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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, if she will take steps to include training on therapeutic mental health approaches as part of teacher training courses.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	194485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department want all schools to be calm, safe, supportive environments that promote and support pupils’ mental wellbeing. However, teachers are not mental health professionals and should not be expected to diagnose or treat mental health conditions.</p><p>The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework (CCF) has been designed in the knowledge that the quality of teaching is the most important factor in improving outcomes for pupils. Managing pupil wellbeing is recognised within that. Careful consideration has been given to the needs of trainee teachers to support pupils holistically, and the Early Career Framework (ECF) builds on that learning for early career teachers. These reforms support the Department’s ambition that all new teachers starting in the profession learn how to meet the needs of all pupils.</p><p>Both the CCF and the ECF outline what trainee and new teachers should understand in respect of adaptive teaching and meeting pupil needs. The CCF sets out a minimum entitlement for trainee teachers and places a duty on providers of initial teacher training and their partner schools to meet this entitlement through their course curricula. Courses must be designed so that trainee teachers can demonstrate that they meet the Teachers’ Standards at the appropriate level. This includes the requirement in Standard 5, that all teachers must have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils.</p><p>The Department is exploring opportunities to build teacher expertise through a review of the CCF and ECF frameworks. Aiming to conclude by the end of 2023, the review will identify how the frameworks can equip new teachers to be more confident in meeting the needs of pupils and young people.</p><p>The Department has put in place a wide range of additional training and guidance to help education staff understand and respond to mental health issues in schools. This includes offering all state schools and colleges a grant to train a senior mental health lead by 2025, enabling them to introduce effective, whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing. More than 13,800 schools and colleges have now received a senior mental health lead training grant, including more than 7 in 10 state funded secondary schools.</p><p>Teachers can access online resources such as Psychological First Aid training and the MindEd e-learning platform. The National Professional Qualification for Leading Behaviour and Change can also help teachers who support pupil wellbeing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 194487 question first answered 20/07/2023 10:26:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1653536

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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, if she will take steps to require all teachers to have training in mental health therapeutic approaches.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	194487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department want all schools to be calm, safe, supportive environments that promote and support pupils’ mental wellbeing. However, teachers are not mental health professionals and should not be expected to diagnose or treat mental health conditions.</p><p>The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework (CCF) has been designed in the knowledge that the quality of teaching is the most important factor in improving outcomes for pupils. Managing pupil wellbeing is recognised within that. Careful consideration has been given to the needs of trainee teachers to support pupils holistically, and the Early Career Framework (ECF) builds on that learning for early career teachers. These reforms support the Department’s ambition that all new teachers starting in the profession learn how to meet the needs of all pupils.</p><p>Both the CCF and the ECF outline what trainee and new teachers should understand in respect of adaptive teaching and meeting pupil needs. The CCF sets out a minimum entitlement for trainee teachers and places a duty on providers of initial teacher training and their partner schools to meet this entitlement through their course curricula. Courses must be designed so that trainee teachers can demonstrate that they meet the Teachers’ Standards at the appropriate level. This includes the requirement in Standard 5, that all teachers must have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils.</p><p>The Department is exploring opportunities to build teacher expertise through a review of the CCF and ECF frameworks. Aiming to conclude by the end of 2023, the review will identify how the frameworks can equip new teachers to be more confident in meeting the needs of pupils and young people.</p><p>The Department has put in place a wide range of additional training and guidance to help education staff understand and respond to mental health issues in schools. This includes offering all state schools and colleges a grant to train a senior mental health lead by 2025, enabling them to introduce effective, whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing. More than 13,800 schools and colleges have now received a senior mental health lead training grant, including more than 7 in 10 state funded secondary schools.</p><p>Teachers can access online resources such as Psychological First Aid training and the MindEd e-learning platform. The National Professional Qualification for Leading Behaviour and Change can also help teachers who support pupil wellbeing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 194485 question first answered 20/07/2023 10:26:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1639237

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
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, how much funding her Department spent on initial teacher training for (a) bursaries and (b) scholarships for each subject in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	186138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department offers tax free bursaries and scholarships for those completing Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses in subjects with the greatest need for new teachers. The amount the Department spent on ITT bursaries and scholarships for each subject in the last three years for which data is available (academic years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22) is provided in the attached.</p><p>The Department announced an ITT financial incentives package worth up to £181 million for 2023/24, which is a £52 million increase on the previous year. This includes bursaries worth £27,000 tax free and scholarships worth £29,000 tax free, to encourage talented trainees to teach in key subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/05/2023 15:13:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 186138_ITT_bursaries_and_scholarships_spend_table.xlsx title 186138_table
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1563015

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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, if department will reintroduce the PGCE student bursary for current PGCE students.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	113453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The bursaries the Department offers for Initial Teacher Training (ITT) are intended to incentivise applications to ITT courses. The Department reviews the bursaries each year to take account of factors including historic recruitment, forecast economic conditions, and teacher supply need in each subject. This provides flexibility to respond to the need to attract new teachers.</p><p>For those starting ITT in the 2023/24 academic year, the Department is offering a £27,000 tax-free bursary in chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics. Prestigious scholarships worth £29,000 tax-free will be offered in chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics. A languages scholarship worth £27,000 tax-free will be available in French, German and Spanish. The Department is also offering a £25,000 tax-free bursary for geography and languages, including ancient languages, a £20,000 tax-free bursary for biology and design &amp; technology and a £15,000 tax-free bursary for English.</p><p>Schools offering the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship or School Direct (salaried) routes will continue to be able to access funding equivalent to the bursary amount.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/01/2023 12:04:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1549628

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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, when she plans to announce the results of appeals made by initial teaching training providers who were unsuccessful in her Department's reaccreditation process.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	105587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>On 8 December 2022, the Department informed initial teacher training (ITT) providers who had appealed following the decision in the recent application process not to award them accredited status to deliver reformed ITT from the 2024/25 academic year, of the outcomes of their appeals.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/12/2022 17:52:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson