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‘Preference waiver’ scheme popular with probationers

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Tes · 2 Sept 2011

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TesMedia coverage · 2 Sept 2011
why not try it in a new place?

GTCS Preference Waiver Payment uptake rose: 334 of the 375 students who ticked the box reached probation, 17% of probationers (up from 15%), most of them secondary, as new teachers accepted placement anywhere in Scotland.

Orkney

People named: John Stodter, Michael Russell, Marilyn Richards

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why not try it in a new place?
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‘Preference waiver’ scheme popular with probationers
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GTCS survey (not the school census)
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