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Rachel de Souza joins big trusts’ National Institute of Teaching

The children’s commissioner joins the CEOs of Harris, Star, Oasis and OGAT on the board behind the DfE’s new flagship teacher training provider

Teach First pilots autumn training as recruitment stalls

Education charity says it’s been a ‘challenging year’ for teacher training

National Institute of Teaching hints at running iQTS training abroad

One of the founding trust’s leaders also said the NIoT would mean ‘positive disruption’ for the teacher training sector at home

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

Teacher recruitment targets hiked as DfE predicts post-Covid exodus

Ministers have repeatedly missed past targets, but slashed trainee bursaries during a short-lived Covid boom

Salary top-ups for new teachers boost retention rates by 23%

Findings show bonuses can help fix staff shortages, researchers say, but one in five teachers still leave in some subjects

What you need to know about plans for a new international QTS qualification

Plans for a new international qualified teacher status qualification will be developed by an expert working group and trialled in a small pilot before being fully rolled-out, the government has said. The Department for Education today published its response to a consultation on developing a new ‘iQTS’ qualification, which could be delivered by English school-centred […]

Drop in new teachers securing jobs, and 5 more findings from ITT data

The number of newly qualified teachers securing jobs in state schools saw a sharp drop during the pandemic, official figures show. Newly-published initial teacher training data for 2019-20 shows aspiring primary teachers taking the hardest hit as stagnating birthrates also hit recruitment. The Department for Education figures also lay bare the differing pass rates and […]

How can we get schools to offer more ITT placements?

The government wants schools more involved in initial teacher training, but how can we encourage them to offer more placements, asks Jack Worth. The initial teacher training (ITT) market review articulates a clear desire for a greater role for schools in ITT, including greater alignment between the ITT curriculum and what is done in schools, […]