Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 94556
Teachers: Qualifications
Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025
Question
Anna Gelderd
Labour — South East Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of differences in teacher qualification requirements by multi-academy trusts and local authority-maintained schools on the consistency of educational
Answer
Georgia GouldEvidence shows that high quality teaching is the most important in-school factor that improves outcomes for children, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is the professional qualificatio...
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