Teacher training

New teacher training mentor rules ‘threaten recruitment’

Mentors must train for up to 20 hours and spend 1.5 hours a week with their mentees from this...

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
Recruitment and retention

Pledge for 6,500 new teachers may not be delivered for years

Special unit assembled in DfE to work on Labour's manifesto commitment, but concern grows over speediness of plan

Jack Dyson
Lucas Cumiskey and Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

6 proposals to end ‘motherhood penalty’ and boost retention

Report calls for recruitment target for women heads and priority childcare places for teachers to halt exodus

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

How England is locked in ‘global tussle’ for teachers

Schools Week investigation also finds England's teachers are being lured overseas by tax-free packages

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher training

1,300 teacher trainees to miss out on axed top-up courses

Desperate trainees have been left in tears after struggling to secure a place, course providers said

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher training

NPQs: Trusts reveal viability fears after courses slashed

Leaders fear cash-strapped schools which miss out on free NPQs will be unable to afford the training

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusive schools

The CEO on a moral mission to makes schools inclusive again

Jonny Uttley, chief executive of The Education Alliance (TEAL) academy trust, recently asked his headteachers to write down all...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
School Leadership

Head turned sci fi novelist and teacher trainer Alex Prior

Alex Prior well knows how painful it can be as a headteacher to pour your energy into a school, only for it...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill