DfE opens re-accreditation round for teacher training providers Move comes after over a quarter of ITT providers lost their accreditation in the government’s bruising market review
DfE: New teacher training providers could get future accreditation ‘opportunities’ Clarification comes after bruising re-accreditation process saw 68 existing providers lose out
Ofsted in talks with DfE about delaying ITT inspections Providers due to be inspected from January are still waiting for guidance over how new reforms will be judged
Ofsted considering local context in ITT drop-out rates Senior official says further research on ITT drop-out rates ‘could be used to establish differences in teacher retention rates’
DfE ends funding for teaching school hubs sector body Officials praise Teaching Schools Hub Council for ‘careful stewardship’ of hubs network as cash pulled
Teacher trainers deluged by unsuitable international applicants DfE is trying to stay ‘on the front foot’ to help teacher trainers deal with a huge influx of international applications
Snubbed uni slams ‘inconsistent and unfair’ ITT review after ‘good’ Ofsted Analysis shows 78% of providers denied accreditation have been rated ‘good’ or better under Ofsted’s new framework
One in five undergraduate trainee teachers don’t qualify And proportion of postgraduates gaining qualified teacher status hits a five-year low
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