§ 24. Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make it his policy to ensure that teachers have reached an acceptable standard of spelling.
§ Mrs. RumboldSince 1 September 1984, all entrants to initial teacher training courses in England and Wales and all new entrants to teaching in the maintained sector by the non-standard routes have had to have attained the standard required for grade C in the GCE at O-level or the equivalent in English.