years teachers and educators for not having a strong focus on play.
Teacher training body the National College of Teaching and Leadership has revealed the standards it expects from new graduate-level teachers and A-level standard educators. From September, trainees must have at least a GCSE grade C in English, maths and science. From September 2014 they will have to pass the same skills test as classroom teacher trainees.
Pre-school Learning Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch said: "We are dismayed that the government has chosen to ignore the advice of qualified and experienced practitioners and make no explicit reference to learning through play."
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