Troops to Teachers scheme a flop says Labour

A £4.3m scheme to retrain ex-service personnel as schoolteachers has seen only 28 people graduate since it was set up two years ago, claims Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell.

Thu 18 Feb 2016

A £4.3m scheme to retrain ex-service personnel as schoolteachers has seen only 28 people graduate since it was set up two years ago, claims Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell.

This scheme isn't working because the government isn't focusing on teacher recruitment,” Powell told the BBC today. “We...

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