Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt unveiled some more detail of Labour’s intentions for education during a speech to the North of England Education Conference last week.
His main pledge was that all teachers in academies and free schools will be required to hold qualified teacher status. Mr Hunt said this would end the “scandal of an academy school advertising for an unqualified maths teacher”.
He explained: “My priority would be to make sure we have ‘a world class teacher in every classroom’ – a highly qualified, inspiring, self-motivating and dedicated professional workforce.
“Our starting point must be a commitment to ensuring that all teachers in our schools are qualified. Under a Labour government, all teachers in state schools would have qualified teacher status or be working towards it.”
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