Schools

Crackdown to ensure schools face ‘rigorous checks’ on ECT training

Investigation revealed mentors were not being given their legal entitlement to time off timetable for training

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

New teachers won’t have to extend induction because of Covid absence

New teachers will be able to progress to second-year induction even if they miss more than 30 days, with...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher training

DfE reveals its targets for £377m NPQ and ECF reforms

Documents show how the DfE will mark its own homework on flagship teacher training reforms

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Only two of DfE’s 11 major projects ‘likely’ to achieve aims on time and budget

Only two of the Department for Education’s 11 major projects are considered “likely” to achieve their aims and come...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Schools handed extra cash to take NQTs off-timetable after Covid hits induction

Schools will receive cash to fund additional off-timetable development for their current cohort of newly qualified teachers (NQTs) as...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger