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)

Friday

10th Dec 2021

Call for teacher training shake-up delay
UCET has written to the schools minister to call for an urgent reprieve on first round of ITT reaccreditations amid Omicron rise
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Monday

6th Dec 2021

ITT chair: Reforms a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’
ITT market review chair Ian Bauckham CBE says reaccreditation, mentoring and evidence-based training programmes will boost the quality of teachers for years to come
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Friday

26th Nov 2021

Teacher training applications drop to pre-Covid levels
Economist Jack Worth warns that education could be facing a ‘very difficult year’ if this trend continues

Tuesday

23rd Nov 2021

Ofsted alarm at teacher trainers ‘selling’ one pedagogy
Promoting one view of teaching above all others risks ‘misinforming trainees’, Ofsted tells ITE providers
‘Grave concerns’ over teacher mentoring
Lack of time for school mentoring puts Early Career Framework and teacher training placements at risk, providers warn

Wednesday

17th Nov 2021

Covid ‘surge’ in teaching applications over, heads warn
The NAHT also predict an ‘exodus’ of leaders from the profession after the pandemic

Monday

15th Nov 2021

iQTS pilot to begin next September
Government wants five ITT providers to take part in pilot of the international qualified teacher status qualification

Tuesday

12th Oct 2021

U-turn: DfE revives teacher trainee bursaries
Government reinstates the grants for some subjects stripped of their allowances last year as Covid boom peters out

Thursday

23rd Sep 2021

Ofsted ‘integrity’ under fire over ITT reports
Teacher training leaders claim watchdog is attempting to discredit provision ‘wherever possible’ under new framework

Friday

27th Aug 2021

Exclusive: Ambition bidding for Institute of Teaching
Professional development specialist is one of three parties in contention for contract worth up to £121m, sources say

Thursday

26th Aug 2021

Why the iQTS is welcome news - home and abroad
The CEO of the Council of British International Schools explains how the iQTS could give the sector a boost

Tuesday

24th Aug 2021

Teachers to train for qualified status abroad from 2022
Plans could see more foreign teachers moving to UK to work, according to DfE