Schools 'need elite teaching graduates'

February 03 2011

Secondary schools should have at least some teachers who graduated from elite universities.

This is the opinion of former schools minister Lord Adonis, who said it is "very difficult to send students on to top universities unless you have a certain proportion of your teachers who come from those universities themselves".

According to the Guardian, he addressed the Academies Association conference in London today (February 3rd) saying: "You need a good mix of teachers, of course, at any successful school, but you cannot be a successful school unless you at least have a certain proportion of your teachers who have themselves come from leading universities in to which you intend to send your best students.

"Far too many schools, a good proportion in the bottom half of comprehensives, and still quite a few academies have no Oxbridge teachers and very few from leading universities."

The government confirmed earlier this week that secondary school teacher training numbers are to be slashed this year.

Bursaries for those teaching subjects such as art, English and geography are also set to be axed.

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