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London secondaries offer fewest initial teacher training placements

London secondary schools are the least likely in the country to offer at least one initial teacher training placement,...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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EPI: Cost of universal CPD entitlement would equal less than 1% of school spending

Providing teachers with a formal entitlement to 35 hours of high-quality continuing professional development (CPD) would cost the government...

James Carr
James Carr
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ITT review: DfE proposes re-accreditation for all providers

All initial teacher training providers would have to be re-accredited under proposals from a major government review that anticipates...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE ITT market review: the 9 things you need to know

The Department for Education has published its initial teacher training market review and consultation on the recommendations today. Schools...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools handed extra cash to take NQTs off-timetable after Covid hits induction

Schools will receive cash to fund additional off-timetable development for their current cohort of newly qualified teachers (NQTs) as...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Senior mental health lead training: 5 things you need to know

Up to two-thirds of schools will have to wait until at least next spring to hear if they will...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Institute of Teaching won’t take first trainees until 2023 after pilot year dropped

The government’s new Institute of Teaching won’t take on its first trainee teachers until 2023 after plans for a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE to offer new headteachers ‘targeted support’ during first two years in post

The Department for Education has announced a “targeted support package” for new headteachers, offering additional training in the first...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger