Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 40091
Teachers: Qualifications
Tabled: 20 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025
Question
Rebecca Paul
Conservative — Reigate
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of amending the assessment only route to Qualified Teacher Status to allow applications from unqualified teachers who have worked in one school th
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe assessment only (AO) route to qualified teacher status (QTS) has been designed to allow experienced unqualified teachers to be assessed against the Teachers’ Standards and awarded QTS if they meet them all at the appropriate level.The AO criteria sets...
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