News

Learndirect debacle shines light on £2m teacher test contract

The future of online tests for trainee teachers is hanging in the balance, as the only provider which holds...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
News

Headteachers struggling to find time for training

Headteachers are missing out on training opportunities because of funding shortages and heavy workloads, according to research commissioned by...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Ignore the rise in school-led teacher training routes – universities are here to stay

The Department for Education’s recent Teacher Training Performance Profiles for 2015/16 prompted inevitable cries in the media of “the...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

More trainee teachers than ever are entering via school-led route

The proportion of trainee teachers that took the government’s favoured school-route into the profession increased again last year, new...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Government presses on with non-graduate teaching apprenticeship

Ministers are pressing ahead with proposals for an apprenticeship that would allow non-graduate teaching assistants to become qualified teachers,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Government invites bidders for new ‘innovative’ teacher training fund

The government is inviting bidders to apply for new funding to develop “innovative approaches” to initial teacher training. Education...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Just one in 10 returner teachers under government scheme secure jobs

Just one in ten returner teachers recruited under a government scheme to boost ailing numbers of maths and physics...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Ark drops plans to expand teacher training programme in north

Academy chain Ark has abandoned ambitious plans to scale-up a new teacher training partnership with two trusts in the...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Teach First criticised for PwC job deferral partnership

Ministers have been called on to allow school teacher training providers access to the same pool of graduates targeted...

John Dickens
John Dickens