The Statutory Induction Period
Key Policy Issues

This section will be of interest to policy makers who wish to consider ways of:
  • Improving the recruitment and retention of teachers

  • Ensuring progression between initial teacher training and the first year of teaching

  • Structuring and funding provision for the induction of new teachers

  • Setting an agreed professional standard that all new teachers must meet by the end of their first year of teaching

  • Ensuring that newly qualified teachers get the support they need to consolidate and improve their teaching during their first year in the profession

  • Removing from the teaching profession those new teachers who, after receiving appropriate support, cannot meet induction standards

  • Ensuring progression between the first year of teaching and the following early years of teaching.

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