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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

1672841

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
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 he will take steps to increase (a) the number of training positions for teachers and (b) incentives for specialist teachers to train in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The department does not currently cap or restrict the number of teacher training positions offered by accredited Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers. This enables them to recruit the highest number of candidates that they can whilst ensuring they are able to deliver high-quality training.</p><p>For the 2024/25 academic year recruitment cycle, the department has announced an ITT financial incentives package worth up to £196 million, which is a £15 million increase on the last cycle.</p><p>For trainees starting ITT in 2024/25, the department is offering a £28,000 tax-free bursary and £30,000 tax-free bursaries in mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing.</p><p>The department is also offering a £25,000 tax-free bursary for biology, design &amp; technology, geography and languages (including ancient languages), and a £10,000 tax-free bursary for English, art and design, music and religious education.</p><p>The department reviews the bursaries on offer 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, and means the department is spending money where it is needed most.</p><p>The department welcomes talented individuals from overseas to train to teach in England. For the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years, the department has extended bursary and scholarship eligibility to all non-UK national trainees in physics and languages. This means international physics and languages trainees are eligible for scholarships worth up to £30,000 and bursaries worth up to £28,000. The department is also piloting a new international relocation payment worth £10,000 to help teachers and trainees in languages and physics with the cost of visas and other expenses involved in moving to England.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/12/2023 12:34:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

227778

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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 she plans to take to enable teachers in primary schools to participate in subject-specific continuing professional development to maintain their understanding of basic mathematical and specific concepts.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	227889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of individual primary schools to ensure that teachers get appropriate continuing professional development in all relevant subjects, including mathematics. The Department for Education is committed to improving the mathematical ability of primary teachers and we have put in place a number of measures to support schools; in particular with implementing the new mathematics curriculum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) is responsible for coordinating and quality assuring teacher professional development across all phases and works actively to support the underpinning mathematical knowledge of primary teachers. The NCETM will receive just under £2 million in funding between March 2015 and March 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has established a network of 34 new Maths Hubs across England, backed by £11 million of funding. This initiative will enable every primary school in England to access locally tailored, quality support as well as leading on national projects to implement the Asian-style mastery approach to mathematics, which has achieved world-leading levels of success. Central to this is the China-England Mathematics Teacher Exchange Programme, which has so far seen 59 primary mathematics teachers from Shanghai spend three weeks working in primary schools alongside their English colleagues, planning lessons, and leading master classes and training sessions with other schools to allow local teachers to benefit directly from their expertise. The hubs are also leading a project to trial the use of Singapore-style textbooks at the core of a mastery teaching approach in selected primary schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the first time in 2014-15, post-initial teacher training subject knowledge enhancement is available to primary teachers for mathematics. This is part of a school-led test and learn project with 45 Teaching School Alliances designing and delivering this training across the country to meet local need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2015 09:10:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

227779

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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 she plans to take to enable teachers of STEM subjects in secondary schools to participate in continuing professional development to maintain their awareness of the career opportunities relevant to their subjects.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	227888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>It is for school leaders to determine with their teachers what forms of professional development would be most effective in particular circumstances and to fund this from their delegated budgets. However, the government is continuing to improve the capacity of schools to take the lead in training and developing teachers, including teachers of STEM subjects in secondary schools. This includes supporting schools to lead on the creation of high-quality training opportunities for teachers through the national network of teaching schools. The department is providing funding of £7.2 million from April 2014 to support the National Science Learning Network which delivers high-quality science professional development locally through partnerships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 11 March 2015 the Prime Minister announced new measures to recruit more maths and physics teachers. This includes making £24 million available to train and upskill 15,000 existing non-specialist mathematics and physics teachers over the next 5 years. This will enable every secondary school in England to up-skill at least 1 of their staff in these subjects each year. The successful Maths and Physics Chairs programme is being expanded to recruit 100 experts with PhDs to teach and support the subject knowledge development of 2,000 physics and maths teachers in the school partnerships where they work. They are especially targeted in disadvantaged areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It has also been announced that the government is supporting the establishment of a new, independent professional body – the College of Teaching. This new organisation, which is being set up by teachers for teachers, will play an important part in promoting high professional standards and effective development for its members.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2015 09:11:32 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

227434

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when advice will be issued to schools and initial teacher training (ITT) providers about (1) new child safety requirements relating to childcare settings, and (2) the extent to which ITT providers are allowed to share information relating to Disclosure and Barring Service checks with partner schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
uin	HL5755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’ statutory guidance was issued in February 2015. All initial teacher training (ITT) providers should have regard to this guidance when placing students in relevant childcare settings.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education is currently reviewing the statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. This will include an update regarding the information that providers can share with schools in relation to non-salaried trainees.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/03/2015 15:25:44 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy

226464

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that trainees at newly accredited initial teacher training providers receive the quality of training that schools will need.
tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
uin	HL5586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>All providers of initial teacher training (ITT) are required to obtain accreditation in order to run ITT and to be able to recommend their trainees for qualified teacher status.</p><p> </p><p>To be accredited, a provider must design and deliver training which meets the Secretary of State for Education's ITT criteria.[1] This includes demonstrating evidence of the procedures to be established to assess trainee progression against the Teachers’ Standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-criteria" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-criteria</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/03/2015 16:21:19 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy

226465

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what value-for-money considerations are taken into account when accrediting new initial teacher training providers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
uin	HL5587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>All accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers are required to demonstrate how they will deliver, within the funding available, quality provision which meets the Teachers’ Standards and is compliant with the Secretary of State for Education’s ITT criteria.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-criteria" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-criteria</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/03/2015 16:21:44 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy