Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Wendy Morton Excerpts
Monday 6th November 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I do not know why the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan) is hollering from a sedentary position. I always had him down as an academic, indeed a rather cerebral fellow, who is capable of somewhat statesmanlike behaviour, from which he seems to be departing this afternoon—not to be repeated.

Wendy Morton Portrait Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con)
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Ryders Hayes Primary School in my constituency recently opened a new teacher training facility—it is in a fantastic wood cabin. What are Ministers doing to promote teacher training opportunities and to encourage more participation?

Nick Gibb Portrait The Minister for School Standards (Nick Gibb)
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I congratulate the school in my hon. Friend’s constituency. More than half of teachers are trained through school-led systems, which means that schools have more control over the quality of the training that their teachers receive, and that schools can look for graduates and undergraduates to join their staff in the most effective way.