Teacher training

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

Wednesday

12th Feb 2025

Estyn: Welsh secondary attendance rate ‘stubbornly low’
Welsh secondaries’ struggles to recruit teachers are ‘impacting the quality of education’, finds schools inspectorate’s annual report
Two boys with a stubborn mule

Tuesday

11th Feb 2025

2 in 3 teachers lack allergy awareness training
Poll reveals almost all teachers have pupils with allergies in school, but less than a third have allergy awareness training
Table with a variety of allergenic foods

Thursday

6th Feb 2025

ADES president: What needs to change in Scottish education
President of the education directors’ body Laurence Findlay speaks exclusively to ÌÇÐÄVlog Scotland about council budget pressures, rural schools and recruiting the right teachers where they’re needed
How do ADES president see the path ahead for Scottish education?

Wednesday

5th Feb 2025

Schools need more help with rise in EAL pupils, say experts
Report says government should bring back national statutory tests for English proficiency, to help teachers and pupils
Person reading English book

Thursday

30th Jan 2025

Experts call for chemistry teacher CPD revamp
Royal Society of Chemistry report says teachers need ‘up-to-date information’ to link their curriculum to careers in the field
Teacher showing pupil a chemistry experiment
How we’re turning students into teachers
A trust leader explains how they’ve found a way for aspiring educators in their classroom to experience teaching – and potentially create a new pipeline of future teachers
How we’re turning students into teachers

Tuesday

28th Jan 2025

DfE announces new early years training routes
Ministers unveil a three-year early years teacher degree apprenticeship and a new experience-based training route
DfE announces new early years training routes

Thursday

16th Jan 2025

Providers get £41m to deliver combined ITT and ECF framework
ÌÇÐÄVlog previously revealed the four providers that had been selected to deliver the rolled-together Initial Teaching Training and Early Career Framework
Providers awarded £41m to deliver ITTECF

Friday

10th Jan 2025

Government will review ECF and NPQs
DfE appoints an expert steering group to advise how National Professional Qualifications can be reformed
The DfE has announced reviews of the Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications

Tuesday

31st Dec 2024

Pay, workload and trust - 3 teacher retention issues to solve
In the second piece in a series, a member of the Headteachers’ Roundtable outlines why attracting and retaining talented teachers must be a priority for the government
Trapeze trust

Monday

23rd Dec 2024

How non-specialist teaching became an everyday challenge
Teaching out of subject is a growing issue in schools, much to the concern of some experts. But how did we get here? And what does it mean for staff?
How non-specialist teaching became an everyday challenge in schools

Sunday

22nd Dec 2024

Why every school should (not) use setting
The evidence on setting and streaming by ability is limited but points to it having a negative impact on lower-attaining pupils – so why do most English schools still use it? John Morgan investigates
Why every school should (not) use setting