Academies and their reliance on non-QTS staff
Ten years on from the expansion of the academies programme in England, academies now account for 66% of secondary schools. And since the DfE effectively abolished the requirement for teachers to have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), acedmies have increasingly been relying on non-QTS teachers – saving on salaries and possibly disadvantaging students.
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