Consultation outcome

Appropriate body reform and induction assessment

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 26 May 2022
• Last updated: 17 November 2022 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Appropriate body reform and induction assessment: government consultation response

PDF, 456 KB, 32 pages

Detail of outcome

This report is a summary of responses received, the government’s response to the consultation and the next steps.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are reforming the appropriate body (AB) sector and seeking views on the transitional period, the roles of the AB and the value of formal assessment in statutory teacher induction.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
10am on 26 May 2022 to 5pm on 21 July 2022

Consultation description

Appropriate bodies (ABs) are organisations that have the main quality assurance role in statutory teacher induction. This consultation sets out reforms to the AB sector so that teaching school hubs (TSHs) will become the main providers of AB services and local authorities will no longer carry out this role.

We are seeking your views on:

• the timeframe for this change
• how to enable a successful transition
• how the AB role can be improved
• the value of the formal assessment process

Published 26 May 2022
Last updated 17 November 2022 + show all updates

1. 17 November 2022

   Updated respondent list in consultation response document.

2. 15 November 2022

   'Appropriate body reform and induction assessment: government consultation response' was added.

3. 26 May 2022

   First published.