Initial teacher education

ITT partnerships to help ‘cold spots’ fall through

Two proposed plans involving four universities have collapsed

Ofsted: ITE curriculums not ‘sufficiently ambitious’, and 5 other findings

Too few initial teacher education (ITE) partnerships have a “sufficiently ambitious” curriculum for their trainees, and “too many” are over-reliant on school placements to teach content, Ofsted has warned. The inspectorate has today released research and analysis on teacher training during Covid-19. Ofsted was due to begin inspecting ITE partnerships under its new framework from […]

Ofsted to resume ITE inspections from April

Full graded inspections of initial teacher education will recommence in April, Ofsted has confirmed. Like its other inspections, Ofsted’s activity in ITE was suspended earlier this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But the inspectorate has issued a note today confirming the inspections will resume in April. It follows an announcement that full […]