Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 40091

Teachers: Qualifications

Tabled: 20 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Rebecca Paul

ConservativeReigate

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 McKinnell
The 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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