Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

Leading Educationalist Reacts to the DfE Plans to Create Teaching Degree Apprenticeships

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Mr Caller has considerable experience in recruiting teachers for residential private tutoring jobs and is more than qualified to comment on the new teaching degree apprenticeship plans recently unveiled by the Department of Education (DfE).

Key Points: 
  • Mr Caller has considerable experience in recruiting teachers for residential private tutoring jobs and is more than qualified to comment on the new teaching degree apprenticeship plans recently unveiled by the Department of Education (DfE).
  • To encourage more applicants into the profession, the DfE plans to work with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to develop a new degree and QTS (qualified teacher status) awarding apprenticeship.
  • Mr Caller is not wholly against the government’s plans to offer those without teaching degrees a route into teaching but expressed some reservations:
    “Having a teaching degree doesn’t mean someone is a good teacher.
  • Just as not having a teaching degree doesn’t necessarily mean someone is a bad teacher.