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

19th May 2021

Ofsted: NQTs need extra help after Covid disruption
Trainee teachers have had less opportunity to learn through school placements because of the pandemic, watchdog warns

Friday

30th Apr 2021

Scottish election: Teacher-training pledges ring hollow

Thursday

22nd Apr 2021

‘Train teachers to constructively challenge authority’
Scottish education is ‘coasting’ and it is time for ‘greatly increased’ school autonomy, says think tank

Tuesday

20th Apr 2021

Exclusive: Teacher trainers’ Covid cash cut by a third
Trainees not on track to qualify by summer can extend courses into next year – but financial help for providers is cut
Exclusive: £121m for Institute of Teaching over 6 years
DfE seeking bidders for Institute to train 1,000 new teachers a year – but trainers question ‘value’ of the scheme

Thursday

15th Apr 2021

Exclusive: Schools probe on teacher trainee engagement
Government was previously advised to consider if there is ‘value’ in ‘mandating’ schools to take trainees

Thursday

8th Apr 2021

Teacher training applicants soar by 17% in 2020
There were 52,485 teacher training applicants last year, compared with 44,965 in 2019, new Ucas data shows

Wednesday

7th Apr 2021

Covid: The edtech project that trained 10,000 teachers
The impact of an edtech programme that sprung into life in the pandemic has been clear to see. The hope now is it can continue this into the future, in classrooms and the corridors of power

Thursday

1st Apr 2021

Are Covid-era trainee teachers screwed? Far from it
The past two years have been very hard for trainee teachers – but that doesn’t mean it’s all bad news, says Adam Riches

Wednesday

31st Mar 2021

Revealed: New NPQ school leadership training providers
Chosen providers will deliver reformed national professional qualifications from September 2021

Monday

29th Mar 2021

UCL Institute of Education appoints new director
Professor Li Wei, an expert in language education, aims to ‘strengthen engagement’ with the teaching profession
Return of ITT inspections in May is ‘kick in the teeth’
Teacher training inspections are ‘out of kilter’ with Ofsted’s plan for schools and colleges, providers say