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ITT requirements guidance

R1.6

That all entrants:

a. have the intellectual and academic capabilities needed to meet the required QTS standards;
b. possess the appropriate qualities, attitudes and values expected of a teacher;
c. can read effectively and are able to communicate clearly and accurately in standard English;
d. have met the Secretary of State’s requirements for health and physical capacity to teach.

The aim of these requirements is to ensure that anyone admitted to an ITT programme is suitable to become a teacher and has the appropriate intellectual and academic capabilities and the personal qualities, attitudes and values to meet the required qualified teacher status (QTS) standards.