Teachers: Qualifications
Commons · Question 27144 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on disallowing schools from employing teachers without qualified teacher status.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 7 Feb 2025
The department has heard from schools, leaders and teachers regarding the measure in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to require new teachers to have or be working towards qualified teacher status (QTS). This measure will reaffirm the professiona...