§ Mr. Tony ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools in Northamptonshire, have been granted funding for teacher training, indicating in each case their(a) phase and (b) location. [11281]
§ Mr. TimmsThe following schools have been granted funding to act as recommending bodies for trainees on the Graduate and Registered Teacher Programmes (GRTP) in Northamptonshire since September 2000:
School name Phase Town Magdalen School Secondary Brackley Lodge Park Technical College Secondary Corby Brooke Western CTC Secondary Corby St. James Infant School Primary Daventry Trinity School Secondary Northampton Mereway Upper School Secondary Northampton Northampton School for Boys Secondary Northampton Headlands School Primary Northampton Prince William School Secondary Oundle Ferrer School Secondary Rushden Rushden School Secondary Rushden Wrenn School Secondary Wellingborough In addition, the following organisations have received funding to train GRTP trainees in schools in Northamptonshire since September 2000.
Centre for British Teachers (CfBT)Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (CILT)Northampton LEANorthamptonshire Teacher Training Partnership SCITT.There are two initial teacher training school-based consortia in Northamptonshire, based at:
Lead school Phase Location Sponne School Secondary Towcester Northampton School for Boys Secondary Northampton University College Northampton also offers primary ITT in partnership with local primary schools. School involvement in teacher training changes from year to year and there is no central list of the schools involved.
As to in-service training, the flexibility within the Standards Funds arrangements should enable schools to meet the key priorities for professional development; it is for schools to decide how much money they spend from the Standards Funds on this area.