Consider the impacts of Covid-19 school disruption on trainee teachers

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should be creating clearer guidance for Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers and introducing a better support system for training teachers. It is important that the Government ensure trainee teachers still qualify with adequate experience.

Trainee teachers across the country have had their ITT negatively affected by the continually shifting Covid-19 regulations in schools but the impact on their training is rarely addressed.

Many placements have been delayed to start in January and have now been delayed further due to staggered reopenings in schools. Furthermore, bursaries for the 21/22 training year have been removed for most subjects, so for most trainees, deferring is not a viable option.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on trainee teachers, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do about this.

The Government has published Covid-19 guidance on initial teacher training: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-initial-teacher-training-itt/coronavirus-covid-19-initial-teacher-training-itt

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what action you would like the Government to take.

Timeline

30 Dec 2020	Petition opened for signatures
6 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 6 Jan 2021

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