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)

Tuesday

20th Apr 2021

Exclusive: Teacher trainers’ Covid cash cut by a third
Trainees not on track to qualify by summer can extend courses into next year – but financial help for providers is cut
Exclusive: £121m for Institute of Teaching over 6 years
DfE seeking bidders for Institute to train 1,000 new teachers a year – but trainers question ‘value’ of the scheme

Thursday

15th Apr 2021

Exclusive: Schools probe on teacher trainee engagement
Government was previously advised to consider if there is ‘value’ in ‘mandating’ schools to take trainees

Thursday

8th Apr 2021

Teacher training applicants soar by 17% in 2020
There were 52,485 teacher training applicants last year, compared with 44,965 in 2019, new Ucas data shows

Wednesday

7th Apr 2021

Covid: The edtech project that trained 10,000 teachers
The impact of an edtech programme that sprung into life in the pandemic has been clear to see. The hope now is it can continue this into the future, in classrooms and the corridors of power

Thursday

1st Apr 2021

Are Covid-era trainee teachers screwed? Far from it
The past two years have been very hard for trainee teachers – but that doesn’t mean it’s all bad news, says Adam Riches

Wednesday

31st Mar 2021

Revealed: New NPQ school leadership training providers
Chosen providers will deliver reformed national professional qualifications from September 2021

Monday

29th Mar 2021

UCL Institute of Education appoints new director
Professor Li Wei, an expert in language education, aims to ‘strengthen engagement’ with the teaching profession
Return of ITT inspections in May is ‘kick in the teeth’
Teacher training inspections are ‘out of kilter’ with Ofsted’s plan for schools and colleges, providers say

Thursday

25th Mar 2021

No minimum experience required for teacher mentors
Early Career Framework guidance does not specify experience needed to be a mentor – despite warning from review leader

Monday

22nd Mar 2021

ITT review: Newer teachers may not be ‘right’ mentors
Chair of DfE’s ITT market review questions whether providers are sufficiently ‘incentivised’ to support mentors

Thursday

18th Mar 2021

How has Covid changed initial teacher education?
Despite the difficulties, the Covid period has brought upsides that will lead to positive long-term changes in initial teacher education, says Aileen Kennedy