Teacher training

The latest news and analysis on how teachers are trained, including initial teacher training (ITT) 鈥 or initial teacher education (ITE) in Scotland 鈥 and the early career framework (ECF)

Thursday

13th Mar 2025

Without money, Labour鈥檚 aim for 6,500 more teachers looks tough
The Department for Education will have to try other routes to entice new teachers, but the chance of success is unclear, explains Jack Worth
Well in the middle of the desert

Tuesday

11th Mar 2025

How our trust is making QTS achievable for all
The requirement in the government鈥檚 schools bill for all teachers to have qualified teacher status gives us a chance to rethink teacher development, says BDAT鈥檚 Katie Waring
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Friday

7th Mar 2025

Why SEMH support is schools鈥 biggest challenge
Pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs have been found to fare the worst in terms of getting SEND support. Why is this, and what can schools do with constrained resources?
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Tuesday

4th Mar 2025

What if... ITT had limitless resources
As part of our thought experiment series, Ben Jose looks at what would change and what would stay the same if ITT had access to limitless time, technology and resources
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Are ITT 鈥榮hortcomings鈥 behind special school teacher shortages?
Findings come after special schools were shown to be suffering more 鈥榮evere鈥 teacher shortages than other parts of the sector
Are ITT 鈥榮hortcomings鈥 behind special school teacher shortages?

Wednesday

26th Feb 2025

How 鈥榚fficiency鈥 derailed education
The education system has become too obsessed with efficiency and has lost its true purpose, argues Bernard Andrews
How 鈥榚fficiency鈥 derailed education

Tuesday

25th Feb 2025

Primary school PE training 鈥榳oefully inadequate鈥, MPs told
The chief executive of Youth Sport Trust calls for PE to become a core subject to 鈥榙rive up standards鈥 and improve fitness
Teacher training in primary level physical education (PE) in the UK is 鈥渨oefully inadequate鈥 MPs have been warned today.

Friday

21st Feb 2025

Do we need a new word to define teacher training?
Language matters, which is why we are launching a working party to define what is unique about the teaching of teachers, writes Teacher Development Trust CEO Gareth Conyard
Do we need a new word to define teacher training?

Friday

14th Feb 2025

Teach First appoints James Toop as its new CEO
Mr Toop was part of Teach First鈥檚 inaugural 2003 cohort and also served as chief executive of Ambition Institute
Teach First appoints James Toop as its new CEO
25 years of ITT: what鈥檚 better, what鈥檚 not - and where we go next
NASBTT CEO Emma Hollis reflects on a quarter of a century of teacher training reforms 鈥 and outlines three areas that have to evolve to keep pace with the sector鈥檚 needs
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Thursday

13th Feb 2025

鈥楾alking up the profession鈥 sounds hollow without action
If we want to change perceptions of teaching then real change is needed 鈥 from pay to professional respect, says the NAHT鈥檚 James Bowen
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Wednesday

12th Feb 2025

Estyn: Welsh secondary attendance rate 鈥榮tubbornly low鈥
Welsh secondaries鈥 struggles to recruit teachers are 鈥榠mpacting the quality of education鈥, finds schools inspectorate鈥檚 annual report
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