§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which specific recommendations in the Graham report on teacher training he intends to implement in the field of secondary school education.
§ Mr. DunnThe report of the Suffolk education department on teacher appraisal reaches various conclusions which need to be addressed by all the partners in the education service. The authors express the hope that the next stage will be wider practical field trials and, in welcoming the report as an important contribution to the current debate and activity on teacher appraisal, my right hon. Friend reminded the partners that resources remain available for education support grant project to take forward the necessary fieldwork identified in the researchers' report. He said that he very much hoped that the employers and teachers will now see their way to agreeing to get this project, which he hoped would have begun in April, off the ground.