King's awarded outstanding by Ofsted

Trainee teachers at King's College London receive an outstanding training according to the latest Ofsted Initial Teacher Education Inspection Report published today. With over 200 PGCE trainee teachers, King's offers three routes to qualified teacher status for graduates wishing to teach secondary school students, aged 11 - 18. The report recognises King's well-established reputation for educational research and professional and academic development programmes for practising teachers and school leaders at masters and doctoral levels. Professor Sharon Gewirtz, Head of the Department of Education and Professional Studies at King's, said, 'We're delighted with the Ofsted Inspectors' recognition of the quality of teacher training we offer our students here at King's. They saw that our trainees and newly qualified teachers receive training founded on a well organised and well balanced training programme. We put educational theory and research at the heart of our teacher training and this, combined with extensive practical experience in schools, equips them to be inspiring and effective teachers ensuring that the students they teach receive the best secondary education possible.' A team of six Ofsted inspectors observed 15 lessons taught by King's trainee teachers and 12 lessons led by newly qualified teachers in 24 schools in London and the South East and concluded that there was 'Outstanding leadership at all levels'.