Abstract
In England, deficiency of teachers is serious problem. Especially insufficiency of workers in
the education systems for children having Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) is a
serious problem. And this problem is common with Japan’s special education systems. This
note has surveyed in courses training Newly Qualified Teachers in universities or colleges with
a view how many courses and subject are founded with specialty of SEND in 2014-2015.
At first, with marshalling the acts, instruments and ministerial ordinances that are related to
the Education Act 1981 and 1993. These two acts constitute bases of the contemporary special
education of England. And there is NO descripts that refer to knowledge or skills that teacher
with children having needs should have. Next survey is how many routes for taking Qualified
Teacher Status (QTS) within several universities and colleges. Main routes to taking QTS are
that taking the Bachelor of Education (BEd), rotes that taking the Professional Graduate
Certificate in Education (PGCE) and routes that is established by original programs of several
institutions. 80%-95% of teachers had selected in taking the BEd or the PGCE. But courses
taking BEd are decreasing in late years, and courses that are original programs of several
institutions are increasing. Those courses can offer QTS and undergraduate level honors are
not BEd. In basing on this, I has surveyed original programs of several institutions too.
Plymouth University is only constitution that has the undergraduate course. Their course
can offer both of BEd and specialty of education for SEND with the course name or similar
text. And 4 institutions offer courses like this course in PGCE, and no institutions offer in
original programs. However, there are some courses that cannot offer QTS but can offer
specialty of special educational needs and disability. Almost all of these has gave a suggestion
that students who will finish the course, may go on PGCE program or postgraduate program
can take PGCE or PGDE. Students who will be teachers of special education in England need
to pay more cost with postgraduate or another course. The academic level of teachers with
special education is increasing before ordinary education.
