The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) was a body responsible for the initial and in-service training of

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s and other school staff in

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. It was an executive

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of the

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. The agency took on some operations of the

General Teaching Council for England The General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) was the professional body for teaching in England between 2000 and 2012. The GTC was established by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 which set two aims: "to contribute to improving standa ...

, the

Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) was a charity, and an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department for Education. In England and Northern Ireland, the QCDA maintained and developed the National Cu ...

and the Children's Workforce Development Council as the newly established

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in April 2012. The TDA was established as the Teacher Training Agency (TTA) by the

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and was relaunched as the TDA by the

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References

External links

Training and Development Agency for Schools
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070702123003/http://dataprovision.tda.gov.uk/public
Teacher Training Resource Bank
Educational organisations based in England Education in Wales Department for Education Defunct non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government 1994 establishments in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1994 {{UK-edu-stub