Ms Phil Fox:

Yes. This speaks to my earlier point that teachers are the ones best placed to identify that need, which will be different from teacher to teacher and from context to context. Those teachers may engage in a variety of learning settings. I note that the Senator mentioned a specific training model. That is one model of continuing professional development, CPD, or teachers learning but there are many ways in which teachers learn. Sometimes it involves a professional learning community and sometimes a formal programme.

We also have a researcher-in-residence scheme that provides funding for teachers who are researching on an area within their own school. We have teachers who are engaged in that scheme in the area of inclusive education. That is what falls within our remit and that is a way we can support teachers.