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NQT Special: We must protect our NQTs

As part of SecEd's NQT special edition, editor Pete Henshaw issues three messages – two for policy-makers and one for NQTs – which if heeded will help to safeguard the future of our profession.

The value of the thousands of young and passionate teachers entering our profession cannot be understated and it is vital that we support and nurture the teaching talent of the future.

This week sees SecEd publish our bi-annual NQT special edition. Supported by our friends at the NASUWT, we have created eight pages of best practice advice and guidance dedicated to our nation’s new and young teachers (download the full eight-page PDF free of charge here).

And the number of crucial topics that we have covered in this edition is a testament to the many and varied challenges that new teachers, and indeed teachers at any stage, face day-in, day-out. Having edited and prepared the articles for this week’s edition, I was left with three thoughts regarding NQTs and their journey to qualified teacher status (QTS).

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