Legal requirement for all covering and teaching classes in England must hold QTS

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

We have at present more than 50,000 unemployed teachers and if you include the supply teacher population

There is an urgent need for the Department of Education to introduce new legislation or an amendment, making it a illegal for schools and academies to use people without qualified teacher status to cover, supervise or teach classes in England. Educational standards are maintained for all pupils

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Make it obligatory for teachers to hold Qualified Teaching Status

Timeline

20 Jul 2016	Petition opened for signatures
27 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Jul 2016

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