Schools: Physical Education

Baroness Billingham Excerpts

Wednesday 30th March 2011 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Hollis of Heigham]

My Lords—

[Baroness Billingham]

Having just come off a tennis court, I make no claims to being as well tuned as two of the previous speakers. How will the Minister ensure that all these things will happen unless we have properly trained teachers? That is my concern. Where is the quality of training as people come into the teaching profession? We need it in both primary and secondary schools.

[Lord Hill of Oareford]

I very much agree about the importance of training, whether it is for PE or a whole range of other areas. One of the ways in which the money that the Government have put in will help is by paying for PE teachers from secondary schools to spend a day a week out of school, perhaps working particularly with primary schools to embed best practice there as well.