«Our review of initial teacher training (ITT) will ensure that trainee teachers can demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge across different subjects, and we have committed to go further by
replacing qualified teacher status (QTS) with a new, stronger accreditation system to raise the bar for new teachers.»
The proposal to
replace the Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with what is supposed to be a «new stronger accreditation», is nothing of the sort.
Not exact matches
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) will be
replaced by a «stronger, more challenging accreditation», according to a new Department for Education (DfE) white paper.
However the new organisation is not
replacing Ofsted's role in the quality assurance of
teacher training, said Hollis (pictured), as the inspectorate currently regulates all providers of
qualified teacher status.
This will lead to the existing accreditation,
Qualified Teacher Status, being scrapped and
replaced with an accreditation approved by head
teachers.
There are also concerns that important reforms recently set in motion by the minister — such as those to primary testing,
qualified teacher status, flexible working and sex education — could be derailed if she is
replaced in the coming weeks.