Submitted on Sunday 14th August 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
The government make it illegal for schools/academies to use anyone who does not have QTS to cover, supervise or teach classes, including PPA time.
This petition is to ask the government to make it illegal for schools and academies to use people without Qualified Teacher Status to cover, supervise and teach classes in England.
The government talks about improving teaching standards and of supporting the professional status of teachers, but fails to address the issue that it is estimated that around 1 in 5 teachers are either unemployed or working on supply due to the lack of permanent posts. This is while schools are allowed to recruit cover supervisors, instructors, HLTA's and TA's to teach lessons. This cannot be good for education and if it is allowed to continue will not see standards improve.
That is why we are asking the government to follow Scotlands lead and introduce the rule making it a legal requirement for anyone supervising, covering and teaching classes to have QTS.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
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