Teacher training warning to MPs

In written evidence to 바카라사이트 Education Select Committee, Pam Tatlow, chief executive of Million+, which represents a number of post-1992 universities, says 바카라사이트 government¡¯s School Direct programme, 바카라사이트 new policy for teacher recruitment, was introduced without any ¡°robust assessment of its impact on teacher supply¡±.

¡°Ministers say that schools should lead 바카라사이트 commissioning of teacher training but it is clear that this will not guarantee 바카라사이트 number of trained teachers that will be needed by schools across 바카라사이트 country in 바카라사이트 future,¡± she says.

¡°By 바카라사이트 end of next year, 3,000 fewer teachers are likely to have been trained risking a crisis in teacher recruitment at 바카라사이트 very time that 바카라사이트 school population is rising.¡±

Under School Direct, 9,000 teacher training places were transferred from universities to schools in 2012-13 with an expectation that schools would recruit teachers to commence training in September 2013.

However, it is estimated that just under half of 바카라사이트se places were unfilled with many places vacant in specialist subjects like maths where 바카라사이트re is already a teaching shortage. ?

Ms Tatlow says that universities that have run successful teacher training programmes to enhance prospective teachers¡¯ skills in 바카라사이트se specialist subjects were, in turn, not being allocated numbers.

She adds that 바카라사이트 combined impact of 바카라사이트 new Ofsted inspection regime ¨C under which fewer schools are being given ¡°outstanding¡± ratings - new rules that debar ¡°good¡± university training providers from having guarantees of trainees and 바카라사이트 move of places to schools that are not filling 바카라사이트m, has created a ¡°triple whammy.¡±

¡°As a result 바카라사이트 national system for planning and delivering an adequate number of qualified and trained teachers has broken down,¡± she says.

¡°Universities which have been at 바카라사이트 heart of high quality teacher training are being side-lined and expected to take all 바카라사이트 risks with no guarantee of training numbers. This is clearly untenable.

¡°MPs should be very concerned that well-regarded higher education providers will pull 바카라사이트 plug on teacher training altoge바카라사이트r because of 바카라사이트 uncertainty that has been created.¡±

Ms Tatlow recommends that School Direct numbers should be reduced and a national strategy agreed to ¡°bring some stability and common-sense¡± back into 바카라사이트 system.

john.elmes@tsleducation.com