A UNION leader has welcomed a top politician’s calls to secure qualified teachers in schools.
After Nick Clegg’s recent backing for qualified teachers and a core curriculum for schools, Blackburn’s NUT representative said he was pleased with the stance.
NUT rep Simon Jones said: “His announcement that all teachers should have Qualified Teacher Status and that there should be a national curriculum for all state funded schools is certainly welcome.
“In order to ensure we have enough qualified teachers there needs to be a proper and coherent approach to initial teacher education, and to retain teachers we need a better and national pay framework.
“All this needs to be underpinned by a light touch and professionally acceptable accountability system. It would be very popular with teachers if the Liberal Democrats announced the abolition of Ofsted.
“The NUT would also particularly welcome a return to local oversight of all schools via democratically elected local authorities.
This is a pledge that would also please grassroots Liberal Democrats who have shown support.”
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