§ Mr. Rathboneasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he proposes to give any guidance to local education authorities on how best to encourage high quality teaching in their primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe Government's policy was set out in the White Papers "Teaching Quality" in March 1983 and "Better Schools" in March 1985. Since then there has been progress in a number of areas including new arrangements for grants for in-service training of teachers and teacher appraisal.