TEACHER TRAINING IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Early day motion 1307, tabled 19 January 2011 by Graham Stuart (Conservative). Signed by 29 members.

That this House notes that the statutory leaving age will rise to 18 years by 2015; understands that the demand for high quality vocational education will increase; agrees that vocational educationmust be at the heart of the education system; further notes that teachers of vocational subjects in secondary schools are not required to haveexperience of, or expertise in, those subjects; is concerned to have a supply of expert vocational teachers with the specialist knowledge, expertise and passion to teach vocational education; and supports the recommendation of the Skills Commission report on Vocational Education in Teacher Training to introduce a unified teacher training system, and a universal Teacher Training System and Status for all teachers across 14 to 19 education, giving unified status to Qualified Teacher Status and Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Conservative 7, Liberal Democrat 5, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2.