Teacher training at York is "outstanding"

Posted on Friday 30 April 2010

The Department of Educational Studies was given the highest inspection grade for the training it provides to future secondary school teachers in partnership with 50 schools.

This report underlines our reputation for training highly skilled teachers

Professor Judith Bennett

In addition to achieving the highest grade overall, the Department’s Initial Teacher Education programme was judged outstanding in eight out of the nine inspection categories.

Professor Judith Bennett, Head of the Department of Educational Studies, said: “This report underlines our reputation for training highly skilled teachers who go on to help children across the country succeed.

“The judgement reached by Ofsted is a reflection of the hard work of the Department’s staff and all the schools across Yorkshire who work in partnership with us.”

In their report, the inspection team praised York trainees’ “outstanding professional skills”, the Department’s “highly coherent training programme” and its “excellent use of resources”.

The inspectors also referred to the Department’s “outstanding capacity to improve, as evidenced through maintaining high quality outcomes for trainees.”

Every year more than 100 students complete the postgraduate certificate of education in English, history, mathematics, modern foreign languages or science at York.