Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 61111

Teachers: Training

Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of revising the requirement for a grade 4 in GCSE maths for entry into teacher training, in cases where applicants hold postgraduate qualifi

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The department is committed to protecting the quality of teachers and the profession’s status. The initial teacher training (ITT) criteria set out the requirements for all ITT courses leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). All accredited ITT providers...

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