Written question asked by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 February 2015. It was answered by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 16 February 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Community Schools

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers at local authority community schools have achieved Learning Outside the Classroom accreditation in each of the last 10 years.

Answer: The Learning Outside the Classroom accreditation is run by an independent organisation. The Department for Education does not collect information on which schools have achieved the accreditation or quality mark. Decisions relating to teachers’ professional development rightly rest with schools, individual teachers and heads, as they are in the best position to make judgements about their requirements to help their pupils achieve good outcomes.

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