Government still lags well behind NPQ take-up target Just 63,484 NPQ courses have been started in two years, against a DfE target of 150,000 across three, new data shows
Teacher training framework changes will only be ‘moderate’, DfE says It follows a review of the evidence underpinning the initial teacher training and early career frameworks
Review training and materials to solve ECF woes, study says A new report calls for reforms to training for early careers teachers, including tailoring materials to their subject and phase
Capita pulls out of flagship early career framework The outsourcing company won’t be taking on new teachers from next academic year
DfE calls for research to refresh flagship teacher training reforms The government plans to review and revise the ITT core content and early careers framework so that they are ‘more closely combined’
Flagship teacher training reforms provider told to improve by Ofsted Education Development Trust ‘not taking effective action’ to ensure high standards in early career framework training
ECF teachers outnumber mentors across most of the country Some areas have almost three early-career teachers for every two mentors, with the biggest gaps in the north
DfE warned against treating ECF evidence ‘like a Bible’ A teacher training expert and former DfE adviser warned against the apparent reverence of some in government to the ECF evidence base
National Institute of Teaching wants to be ‘tide that lifts all boats’ CEO Melanie Renowden tells Schools Week why the sector should embrace rather than fear the new flagship teacher training initiative