§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the initial teacher training courses upon which the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education has made recommendations to him, categorised according to whether(a) all relevant criteria are satisfied, so that he was recommended 67W to approve the course under schedule 5 to the Education (Teachers) Regulations Act 1982, (b) a recommendation for schedule 5 approval was made conditional upon further progress within a specific timetable, (c) no recommendation was made and (d) he was recommended to withhold or to withdraw approval; and in each case whether he has accepted the Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education recommendation.
§ Mr. FallonSince 1 January 1990, when the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education was reconstituted, the Secretary of State has approved on its advice the courses listed in the table. He has also withdrawn aproval on the council's advice from work and the urban environment as a main subject specialism in the BEd (Hons) primary course at the polytechnic of North London. There are no courses where approval has been given subject to conditions.
My right hon. and learned Friend is currently considering advice from the council on 17 further courses.
Courses accredited on the advice of CATE since 1 January 1990
Goldsmith's College
- Art Teachers' Certificate (secondary) course.
- PGCE primary course.
- PGCE secondary course.
- BEd (Hons) (primary) course.
- BEd (Hons) (secondary) course.
Keele University
Biology as additional main subject method specialism in PGCE (secondary) course.
University of Cambridge and Homerton College
- PGCE (primary, lower years) course.
- BEd (Hons) (primary) course.
Polytechnic of North London
BEd (Hons) primary course: main subject specialisms in Health, Physical Education and Recreation Studies; Language, Literature and Media Studies; Mathematics, Computing and Technology.
University of Warwick
- PGCE (secondary) course.
- BA (Hons) with QTS (primary) course.
- BA (Hons) with QTS (secondary) course.
Anglia College of Higher Education
Two year BEd (secondary) course in Music.
Kingston Polytechnic
Music as a main subject method specialism without a second subject method specialism in PGCE (secondary) course.
Manchester Polytechnic
- Two year BEd (secondary, 11–16) course in Chemistry.
- Two year PGCE (secondary, 11–16) course in Chemistry.
- Two year part-time PGCE (secondary, 11–16) course in Chemistry.
Brunel University
Two year part-time PGCE (secondary) in Physics.
West London Institute of Higher Education
BEd (Hons) (primary) course.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the reports completed since 1983 by Her Majesty's inspectorate on institutions responsible for teacher education and training and indicate the date of publication of the report and, for university departments of education, which opted not to publish their reports.
§ Mr. FallonThe reports issued by Her Majesty's inspectorate since 1983 on institutions responsible for teacher education and training are listed in the table.
Reports on the university of Nottingham and the university of Newcastle, available in 1985 and 1988 respectively, were not published.
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Published HMI reports on institutions responsible for teacher education and training since the end of 1983 Name Date published Kingston Polytechnic 21 June 1984 Chelmer Institute 13 July 1984 Middlesex Polytechnic 28 August 1984 Humberside College of Higher Education 30 August 1984 Rolle College 13 September 1984 Bretton Hall College 29 November 1984 University of Exeter 10 December 1984 University of Newcastle 11 December 1984 Hertfordshire College of Higher Education 24 January 1985 Christ Church College, Canterbury 19 February 1985 Birmingham Polytechnic 27 March 1985 University of Bristol 27 March 1985 Westhill College 25 April 1985 University of Bath 5 April 1985 University of Durham 19 June 1985 St. Mary's College, Twickenham 3 September 1985 West Midlands College of Higher Education 3 September 1985 University of Sussex 17 September 1985 University of Leicester 25 September 1985 Liverpool Institute 8 October 1985 Portsmouth Polytechnic 6 December 1985 University of Reading 11 December 1985 University of Loughborough 26 December 1985 University of Sheffield 31 December 1985 College of St. Paul and St. Mary 3 January 1986 Manchester Polytechnic 23 January 1986 Sheffield City Polytechnic 24 January 1986 Bishop Grosseteste College 7 February 1986 College of St. Mark and St. John 19 March 1986 Edge Hill College of Higher Education 7 May 1986 The Polytechnic of Wolverhampton 27 May 1986 Bath College of Higher Education 3 June 1986 West London Institute of Higher Education 13 June 1986 Newman College 17 June 1986 Bulmershe College of Higher Education 24 June 1986 St. Martin's College 2 July 1986 La Sainte Union College of Higher Education 13 August 1986 Worcester College of Higher Education 18 August 1986 University of Southampton 28 August 1986 University of Cambridge 19 September 1986 University of York 9 December 1986 Polytechnic of South Bank 23 December 1986 King Alfred's College of Higher Education 28 January 1987 Oxford Polytechnic 5 February 1987 Liverpool Polytechnic 14 February 1987 Trinity and All Saints College 25 February 1987 University of Hull 26 February 1987 Brighton Polytechnic 27 February 1987 University of Leeds 3 March 1987 Manchester Polytechnic 31 March 1987 Nene College 27 March 1987 Bedford College of Higher Education 14 April 1987 Bradford and Ilkley Community College 14 April 1987 North Riding College 21 April 1987 West Sussex Institute of Higher Education 15 May 1987 Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education 21 May 1987 Newman College 26 June 1987 University of Warwick 8 July 1987 Bristol Polytechnic 9 July 1987 Brunei University 17 July 1987 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic 15 July 1987 The College of Ripon and York St. John 23 July 1987 Trent Polytechnic 24 July 1987 Charlotte Mason College 14 August 1987 Leeds Polytechnic 15 September 1987 Roehampton Institute 15 October 1987 University of London, Institute of Education 20 October 1987 University of Manchester 30 October 1987 University of East Anglia 20 November 1987 Polytechnic of North London 18 December 1987 Goldsmith's College 27 January 1988 University of Keele 9 February 1988
Name Date published University of Liverpool 4 March 1988 University of Birmingham 5 March 1988 Chester College 25 February 1988 University of London, King's College 20 May 1988 University of Oxford 2 June 1988 Leicester Polytechnic 12 July 1988 Thames Polytechnic 25 August 1988 Sunderland Polytechnic 7 September 1988 Jews College 20 September 1988 Derbyshire College of Higher Education 26 October 1988 Birmingham Polytechnic 28 October 1988 Christ Church College, Canterbury 8 November 1988 Essex Institute of Higher Education 28 February 1989 St. Martin's College 22 March 1989 Bath College of Higher Education 4 May 1989 Bradford and Ilkley Community College 28 August 1989 Liverpool Polytechnic 18 November 1989 West Sussex Institute of Higher Education 22 November 1989 Brighton Polytechnic 1 March 1990 Nene College 10 July 1990 West London Institute of Higher Education 30 October 1990 University of Durham 21 November 1990 Nottingham Polytechnic 16 November 1990 St. Mary's College, Twickenham 4 December 1990 Manchester Polytechnic 24 April 1991
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many courses of initial teacher education and training have been considered by the central Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education; how many are pending; how many have been accepted; and how many have been rejected.
§ Mr. FallonSince 1 January 1990, when the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education was reconstituted, 94 courses have been submitted to it for consideration. Of these, 37 so far have been the subject of advice to the Secretary of State.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list by local education authority the number of(a) primary and (b) secondary schools taking placement of trainee teachers (i) as part of their course and (ii) for their induction year.
§ Mr. FallonThis information is not held centrally.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to complete the formal approval procedure for postgraduate certificate of education and B.Ed. teacher training courses presently operating under temporary approval.
§ Mr. FallonMy right hon. and learned Friend will complete the accreditation process as soon as he is satisfied that all the courses presently operating under temporary approval fully meet the criteria.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many courses of initial teacher education and training have been scrutinised by local Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education committees; and, of these, how many have been accepted and how many rejected.
§ Mr. FallonSince 1 April 1990, when the new local committees came into being, they have considered a total of 80 courses. Of these, 75 have been put forward to the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, and five courses have been referred back to the institutions concerned.
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§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the colleges of teacher education and training and university and polytechnic departments of education visited by Education Ministers in the last six months.
§ Mr. FallonThe college of Ripon and York St. John and the Roehampton institute.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what advice he has issued during the last five years to local education authorities and schools in the induction of newly trained teachers.
§ Mr. FallonAdvice on the induction of newly trained teachers is contained in administrative memorandum No. 1/90, "The Treatment and Assessment of Probationary Teachers".
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he plans to publish the next Her Majesty's inspectorate report on the "New Teacher in School".
§ Mr. FallonHer Majesty's inspectors expect to undertake an inspection in the summer of 1992 of those newly trained teachers who took up their first appointments in September 1991. A report will then go to my right hon. and learned Friend for him to consider publication.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he collects on the operation and cost of the system of teacher induction.
§ Mr. FallonUnder the programme of grants for education support and training, we collect information from the local education authorities which are claiming support for induction training. In the current financial year, over 70 per cent. of authorities are planning to claim support specifically for provision in this area.