Schools

‘Now or never’ for 6,500 teacher pledge, Labour warned, as vacancies reach new high

Teacher leaving rates have not improved since before the pandemic, report warns

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Teacher training

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

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Teacher training

New academy CEO development programme under review

But current cohorts that started last February and September will not be affected

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Teach First announces James Toop as new CEO

Current Teach First chief executive Russell Hobby is stepping down this summer following seven years at the helm of...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Teacher training

Shortening apprenticeships will give teacher training ‘flexibility’

DfE plans to change minimum apprenticeship course length to eight months, which could align teaching courses with other routes

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

ECF and NPQ review: What you need to know

The government is planning a series of changes to the early career framework, and a full review in 2027

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Teacher training

Sharing the load with education’s newest teachers

After feeling weighed down by the demands of school life in Australia, Yalinie Vigneswaran from Ambition Institute tells how...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Recruitment and retention

Primary teacher recruitment target missed by biggest gap on record

Secondary recruitment targets also missed by nearly 40 per cent - but it's an improvement on last year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher training

Teacher training inspections won’t return until January 2026

ITT Ofsted inspections are set to be postponed this year, Schools Week understands, as new reforms introduced in September...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey