national professional qualifications

Lord Agnew joins board of flagship DfE teacher training provider

The former academies minister has both joined the National Institute of Teaching board and returned as chair of the Inspiration Trust

Flagship teacher training reforms provider told to improve by Ofsted

Education Development Trust ‘not taking effective action’ to ensure high standards in early career framework training

ECF teachers outnumber mentors across most of the country

Some areas have almost three early-career teachers for every two mentors, with the biggest gaps in the north

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

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

Ofsted delays ECF and NPQ provider inspections

Full inspections of lead providers will start from spring 2023

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

Most £184m NPQ scholarships limited to those in deprived schools

Scholarships for four of the six new national professional qualifications (NPQs) will be limited only to staff in the most deprived schools, the Department for Education has announced. The reformed NPQs for experienced teachers and school leaders will launch in the autumn term, as part of a range of changes to school staff training and […]

DfE names providers for new school leader NPQs

The Department for Education has named nine organisations that will be lead providers for its reformed national professional qualifications (NPQs). The Ambition Institute, Education Development Trust, Harris Federation, Teach First and UCL Institute of Education are among those picked to deliver the qualifications. Following reforms, there will be six new NPQs on offer from September […]