Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on teaching assistants becoming qualified teachers through a degree apprenticeship.

The Government is developing an appropriate degree apprenticeship, that protects the professional status of teaching and will be an effective way of upskilling those individuals with a passion for teaching, such as teaching assistants. We will work with the sector in progressing this work, with employers at the heart of the route’s development.