Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 47
47
Rejected
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Reinstate funding for subject knowledge enhancement programmes in five axed subjects.
Recommendation
We strongly disagree with the Department’s decision to axe five subject options from the Department’s subject knowledge enhancement programme offering. Subject knowledge enhancement programmes are crucial in closing knowledge gaps to allow more people to teach in shortages subjects. We consider the removal of 82 Teacher recruitment, training and retention five subjects from this offering to undermine teacher recruitment efforts. We urge the Department to rethink this decision and reinstate funding for subject knowledge enhancement programmes in primary school maths, DT, English, biology and RE.
Government Response Summary
The government has rejected the recommendation to reinstate funding for the axed SKE subjects, stating that funding is focused on subjects with the greatest sufficiency challenges. It confirms a further review of the SKE package will be undertaken for future years.
Paragraph Reference:
197
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
The Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) package is reviewed on a regular basis to ensure we are focusing our available funding on the subjects with the greatest sufficiency challenges. We also continue to engage with providers on the scope of the programme. We will undertake a further review of the SKE package for future years.