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Advanced skills teachers have significantly improved the quality of teaching and learning, says Ofsted.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 31-OCT-03
Format: Online - approximately 780 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 October 2003-UK Government: Advanced skills teachers have significantly improved the quality of teaching and learning, says Ofsted(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Advanced Skills Teachers (ASTs) have helped significantly to improve teaching and learning in more than three quarters of the secondary schools and two thirds of the primary schools inspected as part of an Ofsted survey into the government scheme, according to a report launched by Ofsted today.

Advanced Skills Teachers were introduced by the government in 1998 to help schools attract and retain excellent classroom teachers, increase staff motivation, raise pupils' achievement levels and broaden the skills and knowledge base of schools. The survey found ASTs are generally skilled teachers who promote high...

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