Final Fast Track Teaching Fact Sheet (September 2009)
End of Fast Track Teaching
Fast Track Teaching came to an end on 31 August 2009. This is
the final Fast Track Fact Sheet that will be circulated; it
contains information received up to the end of September.
Numbers of former Fast Track teachers
There are currently over 1260 former Fast Track teachers (FFTTs)
working in schools across England.[1] 36% of FFTTs applied from
outside the teaching profession and began their Fast Track Teaching
career by doing a Fast Track PGCE at one of a number of designated
ITT institutions. 64% were already qualified teachers when they
were accepted onto Fast Track.
National distribution of former Fast Track teachers
Almost all Local Authorities in England currently employ FFTTs.
There are also three FFTTs currently employed at BFPO overseas
establishments, two in Germany and one in Cyprus. FFTTs are
represented across all nine Government Office Regions (GOR), with
over one-fifth of active FFTTs currently teaching in the London
GOR.
Fast Track ‘Alumni’
497 FFTTs are now confirmed as having been promoted to senior
leadership roles in schools and Local Authorities – and have
therefore ‘graduated’ from Fast Track Teaching.
| Type of Senior Leadership
Post |
Number |
| Headteacher |
8 |
| Deputy
Headteacher |
115 |
| Assistant
Headteacher |
245 |
| Advanced Skills
Teacher |
95 |
| LA advisory
post |
13 |
| Other |
21 |
| TOTAL |
497 |
56% of confirmed alumni are primary
teachers, while 44% are secondary teachers.
A further 24 FFTTs are provisionally promoted off Fast Track
Teaching, pending confirmation of details for their new posts.
Fast Track ‘alumni’ posts have so far been gained in 132 Local
Authorities – over three-quarters of the Local Authorities in
England. Fast Track alumni are represented across all nine
Government Office Regions, with at least eight Local Authorities
within each GOR employing FFTTs in positions of senior
leadership.
Former Fast Track teacher progress towards leadership
Leadership Pathways
Over 520 FFTTs are so far known to have been accepted onto
Leadership Pathways. Of these, 89 teachers from the first cohort
have now completed the programme.
NPQH (National Professional Qualification for
Headship)
107 FFTTs and Fast Track alumni are now known to have completed
NPQH (since 2004 a mandatory qualification for all first-time
headteachers in the maintained sector).
Teaching and Learning Responsibility (TLR)
payments
74% of active FFTTs are recorded as receiving TLR payments – 54%
of primary and 84% of secondary FFTTs. 25% of these are on TLR1
(the higher band) and the remaining 75% on TLR2. Nationally, 27% of
primary teachers and 56% of secondary teachers are estimated as
receiving TLR payments.[1]