More worrying is an idea that Morgan will announce a pledge that schools could grant qualified status to any teacher who works there for two years, without the teacher doing any further training or having a university independently check they have met required standards.
Mr Clegg's announcement brings his party into closer alignment with Labour, which says staff at academies and free schools should have qualified status.
Of Wyre residents aged 16 74, 15.7% had an educational qualification such as first degree, higher degree, qualified teacher status, qualified medical doctor, qualified dentist, qualified nurse, midwife, or health visitor, compared to 17.2% in the North West and 19.9% nationwide.
15.9% of Salford's residents aged 16 74 had an educational qualification such as first degree, higher degree, qualified teacher status, qualified medical doctor, qualified dentist, qualified nurse, midwife, health visitor, etc. compared to 20% nationwide.
Of Sale residents aged 16 74, 26.7% had an educational qualification such as first degree, higher degree, qualified teacher status, qualified medical doctor, qualified dentist, qualified nurse, midwife, or health visitor, compared to 20% nationwide.
Of those aged 16 74, 37.0% had no academic qualifications, similar to that of 35.2% in all of Tameside but significantly higher than the 28.9% in all of England, and 11.9% had an educational qualification such as first degree, higher degree, qualified teacher status, qualified medical doctor, qualified dentist, qualified nurse, midwife, health visitor, etc. compared to 20% nationwide.
This means Jane may be able to claim Jonathan as a dependent using "qualifying relative" status.
Teachers who have not qualified, or are not working towards qualified teacher status (QTS), by the end of the next parliament would be sacked under a Labour government.
