Standards for the Award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and requirements for initial teacher training (ITT)
Key Policy Issues

This section will be of interest to policy makers who wish to consider ways of:
  • Setting an agreed professional standard that all trainee teachers must meet before they enter the teaching profession, whatever their background or the training route they choose
  • Defining what new teachers must know, understand and be able to do so as to teach effectively from their first day as a qualified teacher
  • Ensuring that everyone involved in assessing trainee teachers has a common understanding of what is involved in meeting the QTS Standards
  • Ensuring consistently high standards of training by defining what is required of all those who provide initial teacher training programmes
  • Improving the recruitment and retention of teachers

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