<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Grenfell Action Group]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://grenfellactiongroup.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[grenfellactiongroup]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://grenfellactiongroup.wordpress.com/author/grenfellactiongroup/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Academies To Hire Unqualified&nbsp;Teachers]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>As of today England&#8217;s new academy schools can hire as teachers people who do not hold the formal qualification for teaching, the government has announced.</p>
<p>Academies are state-funded but are semi-independent, outside of local authority control and have greater freedom than other schools over curriculum and teachers&#8217; pay and conditions.</p>
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Until now, most state-funded schools could only employ people with what is known as &#8220;Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)&#8221;, meaning they have been trained and approved as meeting a range of standards.</p>
<p>Teachers unions have attacked the move, describing it as a damaging backward step.</p>
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<p><a title="BBC News" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19017544" target="_blank">BBC News</a></p>
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