Unqualified teachers and apprenticeships in schools (England)

@LouisMMCoiffait @ReformThinkTank

A quick overview:

Unqualified teachers

and apprenticeships in schools

(in England)

Louis Coiffait

Head of Education

Reform – an independent, non-party think tank


(Thousands) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total FTE teachers 442 440 445 450 455 457

of which FTE teachers without QTS 17 16 16 17 20 23

% 3.8% 3.7% 3.6% 3.7% 4.5% 4.9%

Source: School Workforce Census, November 2010 to 2015

An unqualified teacher in a LA maintained school is either a trainee working towards QTS; an overseas

trained teacher who has not exceeded the four years they are allowed to teach without achieving QTS or

instructors with a particular skill who can be employed where no qualified teacher is available.

The percentage of FTE teachers that do not have QTS varies by school type, from 2.8 per cent of FTE

teachers in maintained primary schools, to 10.3 per cent in secondary free schools.

Table 2a: Head count of full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in England's state funded schools

How many unqualified teachers are there?

Not many, but it varies by school type


ICYMI: Why apprenticeships?

Jobs, skills, progression, productivity, growth

1 May 2015: Con. manifesto pledge to ‘deliver

three million new apprenticeships by 2020, so

young people acquire the skills to succeed’

2 6 April, new levy, incentivises employers to hire

3 A £3m+ wage bill = must pay 0.5%

4 That £ = a voucher employers pay to providers

5 10-90% subsidy, esp. SMEs & U19 apprentices

6 Public sector employer target, ‘lead by example’

7 250+ staff = must employ ave. 2.3% apprentices


ICYMI: What is an apprenticeship?

Evolving definition, but all on the job training

1 Real job with training (earn while you learn)

2 Recognised qualifications / standards

3 Meaningful progression

4 Aged 16+

5 Work 30+ hours per week, for 1-5 years

6 Paid £3.40+ per hour / £6,630+ per year


ICYMI: What levels are apprenticeships?

Four broad categories

Name Level Equivalent edu. level

Intermediate 2 5 GCSEs A*-C

Advanced 3 2 A levels

Higher 4-7 Foundation degree + above

Degree 6-7 Bachelor’s or Master’s


Are apprentices already in schools?

Yes some, typically L2 or L3 support roles

1 Some Intermediate / Advanced there already

2 Non-teaching roles e.g. administration, catering

3 Search ‘teaching’ in new service for employers

- Supporting T&L in PE & School Sport (L3)

- Early Years Educator (L3)

- Supporting T&L in Schools (L2 and L3)

4 Latter has 430 training options from providers,

370 of which are national

5 Delivered by schools, FE, and private providers


What issues surround apprenticeships?

Parity: quantity, quality and progression

1 “for other people’s children” says Prof. Wolf

2 Vocational/academic ‘parity of esteem’ (false d.?)

3 Often low quality at L2, that should change…

4 Non-completion (33% overall, 42% for Highers)

5 Age, 66% of completers aged 19+

6 Equality and diversity, choices often gendered

7 Re-badging and double counts

8 NAO called for ‘right mix’ to improve productivity

9 Could engage employers in developing skills…


Do apprenticeships meet employer needs?

New standards developed by employers

1 1,200+ employers in ‘trailblazer’ groups

2 Started 2014, more being formed (pace?)

3 Develop Standards and assessment plans

4 Standards = a suite of sector apprenticeships

5 Replacing old apprenticeship ‘frameworks’

6 Were approved by DfE (bottleneck?)

7 Now by new Institute of Apprenticeships

8 Rigid, narrow, constrained level ‘mix’, volumes?

9 Strategic coordination across all Standards?


What are Higher or Degree apprenticeships?

To fill intermediate-high (L4-7) skill gaps

1 Expect growth in Degree apprenticeships

2 ‘a real alternative to traditional university study’

3 Highers can be same level, but don’t = a degree

4 Less debt than university

5 First Degree apprenticeship pilots 2014

6 509,400 total apprenticeship starts in 2015-16

7 4,300 Degree apprenticeship starts 2015-16

8 Less than one per cent so far…

9 But huge opportunity for HE, FE, other providers


What’s already available to schools?

Non-teaching apprenticeships

> Standards/Frameworks relevant to schools:

- Accounting (L4)

- Management (L4/5)

- Chartered Manager (L6)

- Project management (L4)

- Facilities management (L4/5)

- Public sector commercial professional (L4)

- IT, software, web & telecoms professionals (L4)


What school specific Standards are there?

Teacher, TAs and SBMs ‘in development’

Three stages: a = standard in development

b = standard published

c = standard & assessment plan approved for delivery

Childcare and education Level Stage

a b c

Children, young people and families manager 5 X X

Children, young people and families practitioner 4 X X

Early years educator 3 X X

Education learning mentor 3 X X

School business director 4/6? X

Teacher X

Teaching assistant X


So what will teacher apprenticeships mean?

A ‘new’ route to the profession

1 Schools already to be forced to pay and hire

2 A low cost (subsidised) option amidst -8% cuts?

3 Additionality: different route = different applicants?

4 Could lead to more representative diversity?

5 SoS said teaching should have “high bar to entry”

6 An entirely vocational QTS route by 2018?

7 L6+ Degree app., to replace SD Salaried route?

8 Or ‘no degree’ option, e.g. a L6+ Higher app.?

9 Coherent and sustainable overall ITT system?

10 Tension (cost/quality) between routes/providers?


FEHEIs TSAs Lead

Schools

Accredited

Providers

TeachFirst

& others

What ITT routes and providers are there?

L6+ apprenticeship to offer/replace an option

Postgraduate Cert. in Education (PGCE)

Teach First, maths, PE, EYFS and other ‘specialist’ routes

School-centred ITT (SCITT)

Schools Direct un/salaried

L2-5 Advanced/Higher apprenticeships

L6+ Higher/Degree apprenticeship? (extra/replace SD salaried?)

QTS


Thank you!

!!!PLUG ALERT!!!

We’re currently doing research on the teaching workforce

(both today and in 2030),

and planning a roundtable on apprenticeships soon…

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