{"value":{"id":92809,"askingMemberId":3792,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-10-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-10-27T00:00:00","uin":"HL2045","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what language qualifications primary school teachers will be expected to have in order to teach the new foreign language curriculum.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4270,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-10-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>There are no subject-specific entry requirements for entry to primary courses of initial teacher training (ITT). However, ITT entrants are required to satisfy a rigorous selection process, which is designed to assess their suitability to teach, and providers of ITT are required to ensure trainees can demonstrate a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) to deliver the curriculum which, in the case of primary trainees, includes teaching languages in primary schools.</p><p>Teaching of modern languages is already taking place in over 90% of primary schools. The Government is providing £1.8 million funding over two years for the continuous professional development of primary and secondary teachers in order to support the delivery of the new modern languages curriculum.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Languages: Primary Education","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/92809","method":"GET"}]}