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<p>A key principle behind the government's plan for education is to give teachers
and school leaders the freedom to use their professional judgement to do what works
best for their pupils. As such, headteachers are ultimately responsible for employment
in their schools and the department trusts them to take decisions about the right
mix of qualifications, skills and experience that they expect teachers in their schools
to have.</p><p>The department recently reviewed the Initial Teacher Training (ITT)
Core Content Framework (CCF) and Early Career Framework (ECF) alongside each other
and revised the ITT CCF and the ECF into the combined and updated Initial Teacher
Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF). This now covers the first three years
or more at the start of a teacher’s career, and sets out the entitlement of every
trainee and early career teacher (ECT) to the core body of knowledge, skills and behaviours
that define great teaching. The ITTECF is universal and designed to work for all teachers,
across all phases and subjects.</p><p>Beyond this, school leaders are responsible
for ensuring their workforce has appropriate training to meet the needs of all pupils,
which is in line with the department’s position on school autonomy and school leaders
being best placed to assess the needs of their pupils and workforce.</p><p>The government
remains committed to supporting veterans with a passion for teaching to enter the
profession, both in schools and the further education sector. The department is working
with the Ministry of Defence to ensure veterans are aware of the range of programmes
and support available through the department’s services and bursaries.</p><p>Veterans
are eligible for a tax-free undergraduate bursary of £40,000 if they are:</p><ul><li>A
veteran who has left full-time employment with the British Army, Royal Air Force or
Royal Navy no more than 5 years before the start of the teacher training course.</li><li>Training
to teach secondary biology, chemistry, computing, languages, maths or physics.</li><li>Doing
an undergraduate degree leading to qualified teacher status (QTS) in England.</li></ul><p>Graduate
veterans may also be eligible for a postgraduate scholarship or bursary if they are
training to teach priority subjects.</p><p>More information on how the department
support veterans to become teachers, including the offer of one-to-one support from
a teacher training advisor, can be found here: <a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/funding-and-support/if-youre-a-veteran"
target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/funding-and-support/if-youre-a-veteran</a>.</p>
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