Teacher training

DfE: New teacher training providers could get future accreditation ‘opportunities’

Clarification comes after bruising re-accreditation process saw 68 existing providers lose out

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted, Teacher training

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

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

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'

Jack Dyson
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher training

DfE ends funding for teaching school hubs sector body

Officials praise Teaching Schools Hub Council for 'careful stewardship' of hubs network as cash pulled

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Lucas Cumiskey
ITT

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...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
ITT review

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

One in five undergraduate trainee teachers don’t qualify

And proportion of postgraduates gaining qualified teacher status hits a five-year low

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

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

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Consider ‘golden handcuff’ bursaries, major ITT providers say

Six key findings from the education committee hearing on recruitment and retention crisis

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth