HC Deb 19 March 1993 vol 221 c407W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education which schools have offered to take over teacher training; and on what basis.

Mr. Boswell

A number of primary and secondary schools have expressed an interest in bidding for funds to provide school-based training for teachers under the arrangements outlined in my right hon. Friend's announcement of 4 March. The text of that announcement was placed in the Library.

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education on what basis the City Technology College Trust will be given responsibility for school-based training of technology teachers; what financial arrangements he has made with the Smallpeice Trust and the City Technology College Trust for their participation in such training; and what is the proposed relationship between institutions of higher education and the trusts in respect of the training carried out.

Mr. Boswell

My right hon. Friend announced on 4 March that he has agreed to provide funds for the City Technology College Trust to organise and finance postgraduate school-based training for technology teachers in secondary schools. These funds will supplement those made available by the Smallpeice Trust. The courses will provide training in accordance with my right hon. Friend's requirements for the accreditation of initial teacher training.

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education of he will publish all the advice received by him to date from the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education in respect of the discussion paper, "Curriculum Organisation and Classroom Practice in Primary Schools."

Mr. Boswell

The Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (CATE) submits its advice to my right hon. Friend in confidence and it is not normally published. CATE's advice will contribute to proposals for the initial training of primary teachers which will be issued for consultation in April.