From September 2007, new teacher training qualifications were introduced for the initial training of numeracy, literacy and ESOL teachers in the lifelong learning sector in England.

In June 2007, LLUK published ‘Criteria for Entry to Mathematics (Numeracy) and English (Literacy and ESOL) teacher training in the Lifelong Learning Sector’, see www.lluk.org/documents/new_entry_guidance.pdf

This gave details of the new entry criteria, the process and personal skills in Maths and English that applicants for numeracy, literacy and ESOL teacher training qualifications needed to demonstrate at level 3 of the qualifications and credit framework (QCF) in their specialist subject.

Awarding institutions are now required to develop a process to ensure that these criteria are met by all trainee teachers prior to joining a programme.

The Skills for Life Improvement Programme has just published sets of exemplar Maths and English entry assessments for numeracy, literacy and ESOL teacher trainers to use as they recruit for their teacher training courses.

The exemplar materials offer sample tasks mapped to the entry criteria along with guidance for their use.

Please download the exemplar entry assessments here. You are welcome to adapt and amend the material to suit your approach to recruitment and entry assessment.

Exemplar entry assessments for Literacy and ESOL teacher training English

Exemplar entry assessments for Numeracy teacher training

Thanks to LLU+ at London South Bank University for producing the entry assessments. Thanks also to teacher trainers who contributed their own materials and ideas and gave feedback on the pilot exemplars.