Senior educationalists on the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) have complained that nearly six months into the current school year, a substantial number of new entrants to the profession were still waiting to be assigned mentors from the new regional pool.
They warned that NQTs are at risk of missing out on vital start-of-career support due to delays in implementing a new system of regional mentors.
Council members expressed great concern about the potential impact of the delays in appointing mentors on teachers starting their careers.
One member, Sion Amlyn, a science teacher at Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, said: “We are talking about the future of the profession here and we are the guardians of the profession, so we have to make a public statement.”
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