Teachers: Training
(asked on 2nd June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department made available to Solihull Council through the Teaching School Core Grant.
The Teaching Schools programme operated from September 2011 to August 2021 and focused on school to school support. In the Recruitment and Retention strategy, published in January 2019, the Department committed to improving support for all teachers, ensuring that they receive high quality training and development at every stage of their career.
The Teaching School Hubs programme, in operation since September 2021, created a network of 87 centres of excellence for teacher training and development to replace the previous network of around 750 Teaching Schools.
Solihull Council has not received a direct Teaching School Core Grant from the Department. The Teaching Schools programme, which ended in 2021, paid the Teaching School Core Grant to the nominated bank account of the Teaching Schools based in Solihull as shown in the table below.
Designated Teaching School | Arden | Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School | Tudor Grange Academy |
2013/14 (AY) | 0 | 0 | 40,000 |
2014/15 (AY) | 0 | 0 | 40,000 |
2015/16 (AY) | 0 | 0 | 40,000 |
2016/17 (AY) | 0 | 0 | 40,000 |
2017/18 (AY) | 0 | 0 | 40,000 |
2018/19 (AY) | 60,000 | 60,000 | 40,000 |
2019/20 (AY) | 50,000 | 50,000 | 40,000 |
2020/21 (AY) | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Total | 150,000 | 150,000 | 320,000 |
Tudor Grange Teaching School Hub has been designated to provide its services to the area of Solihull until August 2024 and its grant is paid directly to its bank account. In the 2021/22 academic year the Department paid Tudor Grange Teaching School Hub £200,000 for the delivery of Initial Teacher Training, Early Career Framework, National Professional Qualifications, the Appropriate Body role, and additional professional development according to local need.