Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 16
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Accepted
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Teacher apprenticeship routes remain underutilised, requiring expansion to grow the workforce.
Conclusion
We welcome the Department’s plan to introduce a non-graduate apprenticeship, specifically for experienced non-teaching staff alongside the existing graduate apprenticeship, as an opportunity to recruit non-graduates who are already working within the education sector into teaching. However, we are concerned that fewer than 1000 people have taken an apprenticeship route into teaching since 2019. Which suggest this remains a minor and specialist route into teaching, given the wider expansion of higher-level apprenticeships we believe there is more scope to expand the use of apprenticeships in growing the teaching workforce.
Government Response Summary
The Department will continue to promote and expand the existing Graduate Teacher Apprenticeship, setting intake targets for each academic year. The Department will also move forward with plans to introduce a non-graduate teaching apprenticeship, specifically for experienced non-teaching staff with further detail on this published by Autumn 2024.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Department should continue to promote and expand the existing Graduate Teacher Apprenticeship, setting intake targets for each academic year. The Department should also move forward with plans to introduce a non-graduate teaching apprenticeship, specifically for experienced non-teaching staff with further detail on this published by Autumn 2024.