Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on teaching apprenticeships.

Apprenticeships provide an excellent opportunity for individuals wishing to combine paid work with on and off the job training, and should play a key role for people entering professions – including teaching. A group of schools, led by Sir Andrew Carter, is therefore developing a postgraduate teacher apprenticeship, which will offer trainees high-quality, employment-based training and support schools to recoup their apprenticeship levy payments. We expect the route will be available from September 2018 and will confirm further details of this new route in due course.