A question on #Teachers #Training tabled by Sarah Gibson on 09-06-2025 has been answered by Catherine McKinnell.

Heading: Teachers: Training
Question ID: 1810768
UIN: 58473
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-09
Asking Member ID: 5239
Asking Member display name: Sarah Gibson
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Sarah Gibson
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using degree classification as an eligibility criterion for teacher training bursaries in shortage subjects.
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Date answered: 2025-06-17
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Answering Member ID: 4125
Answering Member display name: Catherine McKinnell
Answering Member handle: CMcKinnellMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @CMcKinnellMP
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Answer text: Initial teacher training (ITT) bursaries are designed to incentivise more applications to ITT courses from high-achieving graduates. As such, for postgraduate bursaries, we take account of the grade of the trainee’s highest academic qualification. These b...
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
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