DC’s teacher didn’t go to university.

If her teaching is good and her results are as excellent as she claims, why on earth would you be bothered?

They need a degree to complete a PGCE to teach in a primary or secondary school.
Private schools are not bound by the same rules and often employ unqualified teachers.
State schools can employ unqualified teachers but that would be an exception and usually someone who has some time from a PGCE or SCITT still to complete for whatever reason. I have never come across someone employed as a teacher who had no degree in a state secondary school.

Id be quite happy knowing that's she's a good teacher and well liked by parents and children. As someone said earlier, she's successfully completed an apprenticeship.

Shock horror private schools don’t require qualified teachers. The irony 🤣

Same here. I have three degrees, none relating to education, and did my PGDE and it was completely useless!

Teaching degrees dont work that way. I completed mine at post grad level and it was useless, nothing but a formality. Other than being required to complete probation and gain registration, I have never used a single thing from it in the classroom. And I am a bloody good teacher.
I learned from my mentors, colleagues and CPD. Even picked up ideas from social media. Absolutely nothing from uni.

I imagine she probably became a teacher through on the job training and/ or a teaching certificate, before degrees became compulsory.

Similar to nurses (my field), it was only 2013 that it became compulsory to have a nursing degree. Many senior nurses, ward sisters/managers and matrons do not have degrees, nor do they have to.

I understand you may not be happy with what you perceived to be paying for, however, a degree does not mean a better service/knowledge.

During my own degree and since training new student nurses, I've met plenty of students who would be excellent nurses and really knew what they were doing, but failed modules as their essay writing was not great. Whereas there have been others that are quite frankly a serious incident waiting to happen, but got a 1st because they can write great essays.....

I know loads of people with degrees who I wouldn't want anywhere near my children's educations. Common sense should be a factor in who teaches not a degree this lady deemed to be a good teacher? If so what's the real problem here?

I agree. Most of the teachers at the schools I worked in did not have degrees since until fairly recently there were two routes to teaching. 1 Take a degree. Until 1972, when a PGCE or equivalent became required, simply having a degree qualified you to teach. 2. Attend a teacher training college for 3/4 years and get a good grounding in teaching plus input on your chosen main and subsidiary subjects.
A third option was to take a degree in Education, which came with the right to teach, but this was quite rare.
State maintained schools must employ suitable qualified teachers (though they do not have to teach their own subject!). Private schools can employ whoever they like, but places like Eton only employ suitably qualified teachers (to a high degree) and most reputable private schools will want a PGCE or a degree in Education/Teaching degree - which is the route which has replaced the teacher training colleges.
No point raising this with the school. They employ the teacher. Does she teach English well and enthuse her pupils? If so, why worry?

I have heard of teachers in private schools in England not having a teaching degree, but they usually have a degree and experience in their field. Unless it was a learn on the job apprentice or degree I am with you they should have some sort of a degree to teach in a school. Not sure if you can do that in a private school in Scotland.

Judging by her track record she sounds like an incredible teacher.

A degree doesn’t guarantee intelligence or gumption.

*best

I used to work in a private school (state school now) and the bear English teacher I ever met didn't go to Uni. Her head of department was a crap teacher.

Back in the day, before you could only teach with a degree, believe me that some of the best teachers had never been to university; teacher training colleges produced some excellent educators. Having a degree does not mean that a person is able to engage with pupils and stakeholders.
I worked in (in a non classroom based professional capacity) and was governor in a primary school which was constantly judged as outstanding; the headteacher, who was nominated for Headteacher of the Year, didn’t have a degree. (And no, I don’t agree with Ofsted and league tables, but that’s a whole different conversation).

I’m going back 30 years, but when I qualified as a teacher, there were 3 students who didn’t pass - they all went to teach in Private Schools straightaway.

Well I only have 30 years teaching experience and B’ Ed ( hons )

Genuinely it is only the SENCO that legally has to be a qualified teacher. The first thing you are told on the SENCO course! No-one whose children attend an academy should be trying to hold staff qualifications over independent school parents.

Rubbish - many academy heads don't have QTS - they are often business people

There’s quite a few private schools that have unqualified staff and lack resources that state schools have, not the big ones you hear of of course. My colleague who now works in a state school was paid £17 grand 9 years ago to be a History at a private school, about ten grand less than at state and she had no work computer.

Yep in the independent school sector a lot probably don't. They definitely don't need BEd or PGCE..a lot will have degrees but don't have to be in what they teach.
State sector..I.was amazed to find out HOY is not a teaching role and more of an admin/manager type role. So many of those may well not have teaching degrees.

Teachers in state schools do not need a degree or a teaching qualification if they work in an academy. My friend queried why her daughter was taught by a teaching assistant and was told only the Headteacher and Senco need qualified teacher status.

I'm sure this will have been mentioned previously but, to clarify - you don't need a degree or QTS to teach in state schools either. You can be employed as an unqualified teacher. You won't get paid as much as a qualified teacher. You do need a degree (not necessarily in the subject you qualify in to teach, fwiw) if you want to gain QTS and get paid on the teacher pay scale.