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
Teacher training

Government to review teacher development delivery

Sheffield Hallam University appointed to review and develop a 'theory of change'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
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