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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

1664860

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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 proportion of trainee teachers for (a) religious education, (b) English, (c) history and (d) geography were trained through (i) school-led provision and (ii) higher education institution-led provision in 2021-22; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	202554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Religious Education trainees for 2021/22 split by training route shows 51% were trained through higher education institution led provision (HEI), and 49% percent were trained via school led provision.</p><p> </p><p>English trainees for 2021/22 split by training route shows 43% were trained through HEI-led provision, and 57% percent were trained via school led provision.</p><p> </p><p>History trainees for 2021/22 split by training route shows 44% were trained through HEI-led provision, and 56% percent were trained via school led provision.</p><p> </p><p>Geography trainees for 2021/22 split by training route shows 46% were trained through HEI-led provision, and 54% percent were trained via school led provision.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are taken from the Initial Teacher Training Census 2021/22, which can be found online at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2021-22" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2021-22</a>. The percentages provided are revised.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/10/2023 16:05:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1662143

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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, how many and what proportion of teachers accredited by initial teacher training (ITT) providers in the academic years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 will be accredited to deliver ITT courses in academic year 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	200589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The number of places and trainees changes each year. The table below shows the number of initial teacher training (ITT) providers and total new entrants to ITT over the past four years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of ITT providers</p></td><td><p>Total number of ITT new entrants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>33,799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>40,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>36,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>28,991</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>179 providers have been accredited to deliver reformed ITT from September 2024, following an accreditation process designed to drive up the quality and consistency of ITT leading to Qualified Teacher Status. This number includes 155 existing ITT providers. Together, these providers will cover all regions of the country. Where appropriate, the Department is encouraging accredited providers to consider partnering with those who were unsuccessful in gaining accreditation to bring together high-quality provision with local expertise, connections and experience.</p><p>The Department will continue to monitor the availability of provision across England to ensure that the ITT market is ready and able to deliver teacher training programmes in every part of the country from September 2024.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/10/2023 15:07:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

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

1654942

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many universities who lost accreditation in the Initial Teacher Training accreditation process received (1) good, or (2) outstanding, Ofsted ratings in the period since January 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL9539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The current cycle of Ofsted inspections tests the effectiveness of existing Initial Teacher Training (ITT) provision in line with the principles set out in its Initial Teacher Education inspection framework. The accreditation process, undertaken jointly with Ofsted, assessed provider potential to deliver high-quality ITT in line with the new Quality Requirements from the 2024/25 academic year as recommended by the ITT market review, particularly the enhanced requirements around mentoring. These two processes are distinct and, therefore, Ofsted’s current inspection judgements and the accreditation against the new requirements from 2024 do not align in all instances.</p><p>In respect of the providers accredited to deliver ITT from September 2024, 69 inspections have been carried out since January 2022. Of these, four received a ‘Requires Improvement’ judgement and one received an ‘Inadequate’ judgement in 2022. These five providers have since been reinspected by Ofsted in 2023 and judged as ‘Good’.</p><p>Twelve universities were not successful in gaining accreditation to deliver ITT from September 2024, of which six were judged as ‘Good’, one was judged as ‘Requires Improvement’ and since improved to ‘Good’ on reinspection. Additionally, two were judged ‘Inadequate’, of which one has since improved to ‘Good’ with the other yet to be reinspected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL9540 question first answered 01/08/2023 15:42:03 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

1654943

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many accredited providers for the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) process received (1) requires improvement, or (2) inadequate, Ofsted ratings in the period since January 2022; and what assessment they have made of the credibility of the ITT accreditation process given those figures.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL9540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The current cycle of Ofsted inspections tests the effectiveness of existing Initial Teacher Training (ITT) provision in line with the principles set out in its Initial Teacher Education inspection framework. The accreditation process, undertaken jointly with Ofsted, assessed provider potential to deliver high-quality ITT in line with the new Quality Requirements from the 2024/25 academic year as recommended by the ITT market review, particularly the enhanced requirements around mentoring. These two processes are distinct and, therefore, Ofsted’s current inspection judgements and the accreditation against the new requirements from 2024 do not align in all instances.</p><p>In respect of the providers accredited to deliver ITT from September 2024, 69 inspections have been carried out since January 2022. Of these, four received a ‘Requires Improvement’ judgement and one received an ‘Inadequate’ judgement in 2022. These five providers have since been reinspected by Ofsted in 2023 and judged as ‘Good’.</p><p>Twelve universities were not successful in gaining accreditation to deliver ITT from September 2024, of which six were judged as ‘Good’, one was judged as ‘Requires Improvement’ and since improved to ‘Good’ on reinspection. Additionally, two were judged ‘Inadequate’, of which one has since improved to ‘Good’ with the other yet to be reinspected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL9539 question first answered 01/08/2023 15:42:03 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng