Despite having many excellent teachers, trained in some of the best institutions in the world, other nations are racing ahead in school improvement. The Government plans to raise the status of the profession, in the bid to make it a highly attractive career for top graduates. There has also been a longstanding problem recruiting the high quality maths and science teachers.
The proposals cover:
- Offering high quality graduates significantly better financial incentives to train as teachers.
- Offering financial incentives to all trainees with at least a 2.2 so that teacher training continues to be attractive to graduates with excellent subject knowledge.
- Requiring all trainees to have high standards of mathematics and English by requiring trainees to pass a tougher literacy and numeracy tests before they start training.
- Allowing and encouraging schools to lead their own high quality initial teacher training in partnership with a university.
- Giving schools, as prospective employers, a stronger influence over the content of ITT training as well as the recruitment and selection of trainees.
- Continuing to subject ITT provision to quality controls that focus on the quality of placements and selection.
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