Teacher training

The latest news and analysis on how teachers are trained, including initial teacher training (ITT) – or initial teacher education (ITE) in Scotland – and the early career framework (ECF)

Thursday

27th Apr 2023

Why the DfE’s ITT targets prove teacher pay must improve
A teacher training data expert explains why the latest DfE recruitment targets make for grim reading and show that something must be done to make more young people consider teaching as a career
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Weekly round-up: Teacher strike and Ofsted inquiry
This week’s essential education news and analysis includes the teacher pay dispute and Thursday’s strike action, the launch of an inquiry into Ofsted inspections and a worrying drop in ITT applications
Weekly round-up: Teacher strike and Ofsted inquiry
DfE raises secondary ITT target by 26%
The government has estimated that 26,360 postgraduate initial teacher training secondary trainees will need to start their training in the 2023-24 academic year
DfE raises secondary ITT target by 26%
Why every ITT trainee should have to go to special school or AP
Initial teacher training doesn’t focus enough on supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities – and putting this right would benefit everyone, explains teacher and senior leader Bukky Yusuf
Why every ITT trainee should have to go to special school or AP

Monday

24th Apr 2023

ITT: Primary applications plummet by a fifth
Applications to secondary teacher training fall below last year as primary applications sink
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Friday

21st Apr 2023

Need to know: DfE’s latest guidance for early career teachers
The DfE has updated its guidance for Early Career Framework induction for next academic year. Here’s what’s changing
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Wednesday

19th Apr 2023

Just 23% of teachers would ‘certainly’ train to teach again
Teacher Tapp data suggests the cost-of-living crisis is causing many teachers to question their career choice
Teacher worm hole

Saturday

8th Apr 2023

‘Wake up’ to Stem teacher shortage, ministers warned
NASUWT president will plead for action on teacher recruitment in a speech at the teachers’ union’s annual conference in Glasgow today
Maths, sleeping

Thursday

6th Apr 2023

Weekly round-up: Pay deal rejected, more strikes ahead
This week’s essential education news and analysis includes unions rejecting the latest pay offer, plans for summer strikes and a warning about school staff workloads
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Friday

31st Mar 2023

New teachers ‘frustrated’ by repetitive training
The DfE’s early career framework has also been criticised by mentors for high workload demands
New teachers 'frustrated' by repetitive training

Thursday

23rd Mar 2023

Weekly round-up: Ofsted attacked, teacher shortages and behaviour
This week’s essential news and analysis includes calls for Ofsted to halt inspections, new research uncovering the shocking scale of schools’ teacher recruitment problems and a warning of a behaviour ‘crisis’
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We need a long-term strategy to tackle this recruitment crisis
With new data revealing the scale of the teacher recruitment difficulties, the NFER’s Jack Worth says a clear strategy is needed to attract more people into teaching – especially as other professions are now offering flexible working
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