Committee takes evidence on teacher training

• Video and Audio: Teacher Training evidence session
• Children, Schools and Families Committee

Witnesses appearing before the Committee will be:

• Keith Bartley, Chief Executive, General Teaching Council for England (GTCE)
• Professor Sonia Blandford, Director of Leadership Development, Teach First
• Professor Chris Husbands, Dean, Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy, Institute of Education, University of London; and
• Professor Roger Woods, Chair, Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET).

The meeting will consider:

• the Teach First teacher training programme
• the Government’s six month teacher training proposal
• preparing teachers to work in challenging schools
• the sustainability of university-school partnerships in the delivery of teacher training
• recruiting and supporting teacher trainers and school-based teacher mentors
• the impact of current accountability arrangements on teacher training provision; and
• the implications of the 14-19 reforms for teacher training.