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Advanced skills teachers must pass a national assessment qualifying them to help develop and support teachers working in their local schools.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers is a trade union and professional association for teachers, lecturers and support workers.
Exam set by the Independent Schools Examination Board and marked by individual schools that assesses students’ ability to join an independent senior school. Can be sat at age 11, 12 or 13.
The time teachers spend with students.
Ongoing training provision.
Welsh Assembly's Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learnings and Skills. Responsible for setting the curriculum in Wales.
The Department for Education is the government department that oversees children's services and education in England. It sets the curriculum and, via Ofsted, is responsible for inspections.
Government department responsible for education in Northern Ireland.
Groups that administer many GTP and RTP places.
English as an additional/foreign/secondary language.
Emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Employment-based initial teacher training provider
For children from age three to the end of reception year.
General Teaching Council for England. Professional body for school teachers in England.
General Teaching Council for Scotland.
General Teaching Council for Wales.
Employment-based training programme for applicants with a degree.
The graduate teacher training registry is the central clearing house for teacher training applications.
Higher level teaching assistant.
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education. Responsible for inspecting education provision in Scotland.
Head of department.
Head of year.
Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools.
Compulsory year-long on-the-job training period for all NQTs.
Involves completion of a recognised teaching qualification.
Local (Education) Authority: Government departments that own school property, monitor their work and provide services.
Person who provides classroom-based support.
National Association for Primary Education.
National Association for Special Educational Needs.
The National Association of Schoolmasters / Union of Women Teachers is a trade union for teachers.
The national curriculum for England sets the framework for what subjects schools have to teach and what pupils should learn within those subjects at different stages.
Teacher who has completed ITT and who still needs to complete induction.
The National Union of Teachers is a trade union and professional association for teachers.
Ofsted is the organisation responsible for inspecting and regulating education in schools in England. It also inspects providers of care for children and young people and of learning and skills for people of all ages.
Overseas-trained teacher.
University-based teacher training course that includes 18–24 weeks in a school.
Government strategy to improve primary schools.
Time allocated on the timetable for teachers to devote to planning, preparation and assessment.
LA-maintained unit for students who have been excluded from other schools.
Pupil–teacher ratio.
The award made to teachers who have demonstrated that they have met the required professional standards.
Many LAs employ RSMs who receive TDA funding to establish strategic retention programmes for local schools. RSM coverage is not nationwide and is targeted in areas of greatest need.
Two-year on-the-job training programme for those who want to teach and who have already spent at least two years in higher education.
School-based on-the-job teacher training programme for graduates with some teaching experience. Applicants are employed by a consortium of schools/education providers.
Learning difficulties for which a pupil needs special educational help.
Teacher responsible for co-ordinating provision for pupils with special educational needs within a school.
Includes the head teacher, deputy head and other senior teachers.
Teaching assistant
The Training and Development Agency for Schools is the government agency that promotes careers and training opportunities in the teaching profession.
Teaching English as a foreign/secondary language
Voice is the union for education workers, including teachers, school support staff and nursery nurses. It was formerly known as the Professional Association of Teachers.
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