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

23rd Mar 2023

Recruitment crisis: DfE set to miss 2023-24 targets
The rise in teacher pay must ‘exceed’ 4.1 per cent for next year to address the recruitment crisis, warns the NFER, as forecast reveals further teacher trainee slump
Recruitment crisis: DfE set to miss 2023-24 targets

Wednesday

22nd Mar 2023

DfE to probe ECF amid workload fears
Review of both early career and teacher training curriculum frameworks open until mid-April
Pulling at a thread
Revealed: Teacher vacancy regional hotspots
Which regions have seen the biggest rise in secondary teacher job adverts? 91¶¶Òõ investigates
Revealed: Teacher vacancy regional hotspots
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Monday

20th Mar 2023

MPs launch inquiry into teacher shortages
Former schools minister says government must take urgent action on teacher recruitment and retention ‘to ensure pupils receive consistent and quality teaching’
MPs launch teacher recruitment inquiry

Friday

17th Mar 2023

Teaching School Hubs: are they working?
With the new Teaching School Hubs now halfway through their initial funding phase, 91¶¶Òõ investigates their impact on schools – and asks whether they are here to stay
Teaching School Hubs: a net benefit for schools?
‘Bizarre’ ITT plan won’t help teacher shortage, experts warn
Latest DfE attempt to tackle the teacher recruitment crisis labelled a ‘knee-jerk, short-term sticking plaster’
‘Bizarre’ ITT plan won’t help teacher shortage, experts warn
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Thursday

16th Mar 2023

Stem bursaries will continue, says Scottish education secretary
The £20,000 Stem bursaries are aimed at career changers wishing to undertake one-year teacher education courses in shortage secondary subjects
Somerville, education, secretary

Wednesday

15th Mar 2023

Calls for ‘ambitious’ new strategy to tackle Stem teacher shortage
Will the £20,000 Stem bursary for student teachers be available next year? The government won’t say – but opposition politicians want a new approach
Science beaker with money

Monday

13th Mar 2023

Incentive to improve diversity of Welsh teaching workforce
A total of £5,000 is available to eligible black, Asian or minority ethnic student teachers
Teacher in classroom

Monday

6th Mar 2023

How many teacher education places went unfilled in your subject?
Just PE, history and modern studies hit or exceeded their teacher education recruitment targets in Scotland this year for the most popular route into secondary teaching
How many teacher education places went unfilled in your subject?
Non-UK teachers offered £10k to move to England
The pilot scheme for languages and physics teachers, which could cost up to £4m next year, is ‘sign of desperation from the government’, says union leader
Money teacher suitcase

Monday

27th Feb 2023

ITT: Teaching applications even lower than last year
Interest in teaching ‘haemorrhaging’, expert warns as latest statistics show 15% fall in primary teaching applicants
ITT: Teaching applications even lower than last year