Jane FerrettiUniversity of Sheffield

“This [School Direct] is an ideological move by the government that is not based on evidence. This is a move to make teaching an apprenticeship profession and to

de-professionalise it.” “Once university courses close, they are simply

not going to reopen and you will lose a lot of expertise. The universities don't just train teachers, they do research and run Master's courses for them.”

Simon Gibbons, chairman of Nate quoted in TES December 2012

 ‘That’s why it’s so important that teacher training institutions are good, and we’ll be much more rigorous in our inspection framework of how good these places are, that assessment is good and that teaching is good.  I’m not sure they’re always as good as sometimes they’ve been painted.  We’ll be looking at that very carefully’.

Michael Wilshaw. Festival of Education IOE 2012

Schools have the leading role in recruiting and training the students, but the accredited ITT providers are held to account by OFSTED for the quality of training provided.

Providers are held to account for the quality of trainees they recruit but it is schools who lead on recruitment under School Direct. What happens if the school want to offer a place to an applicant with a 2.2 or 3rd class degree, against the wishes and/or criteria of the HEI?

Schools are not always aware of the constraints under which training has to be delivered, in terms of the Teachers’ Standards, the Secretary of State’s ITT requirements and (in regard to academic qualification) QAA regulations.

Sheffield Core Allocations

2011-12 2012-13

English 22 23Geography 15 13History 7 0Mathematics 22 19Languages 27 27

Biology 6 5Chemistry 12 9Physics 8 6Physics with Maths - 6

119 108

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14English 22 23 0Geography 15 13 0 (6)History 7 0 0Mathematics 22 19 10 (4)Languages 27 27 9

Biology 6 5 3Chemistry 12 9 3Physics 8 6 3Physics with Maths - 6 3

119 108 31 (10)

‘If they (HEIs) have lost numbers from their core allocations of places they can’t deliver the same services; they won’t have the infrastructure’

James Noble Rogers UCET November 2012

Exit from ITE

Build and consolidate School Direct

Enter into partnership with SHU

Exit from ITE

Build and consolidate School Direct

Enter into partnership with SHU

2013-14 (Nov)

2013– 14(Jan)

English 0 0Geography 0 (6) 6 (7) History 0 0Mathematics 10 (4) 22 (4) Modern Languages 9 9

Biology 3 3Chemistry 3 3Physics 3 6Physics with Maths 3 6

41 66

Many schools are very willing to be involved, to be full partners with universities and to play their part in training teachers, but they do not want to lead…. they have other fish to fry like educating children and young people. Schools are afraid that if they take their eye off this ball they will crash and burn’

Dr Mary Boustead ATL General Secretary

2013-14(November)

2013-14(January)

Soon… more School Direct

places English 0 0 6Geography 0 (6) 6 (7) 4Mathematics 10 (4) 22 (4) Modern Languages 9 9 10

Biology 3 3 4Chemistry 3 3 4Physics 3 6Physics with Maths 3 6

41 66 94

The Government wants School Direct to expand. The implications of this for universities are potentially huge. Universities will, increasingly, have to compete annually on the open market to contract with schools for School Direct places.

ITT providers, faced with a situation where they cannot plan from year to year, or even guarantee the quality of their provision, will decide that the game is not worth the candle and withdraw from teacher education. From a Vice Chancellor ‘s perspective, there are much less troublesome ways in which to attract students and fee income.

Speech by James Noble Rogers UCET November 2012