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)

Monday

23rd Sep 2024

Labour urged to ‘bring forward measures’ to tackle teacher supply
The recruitment of postgraduate secondary teacher trainees is 37 per cent below target, analysis of DfE figures shows
Labour urged to ‘bring forward measures’ to tackle teacher supply crisis

Thursday

19th Sep 2024

Teacher secondments ‘could boost Gen Z recruits’
Career breaks, and five other ways the government could hit its teacher recruitment pledge, according to Teach First
Gen Z

Tuesday

17th Sep 2024

Help unsuccessful teacher trainees be TAs, DfE urged
Government-funded charity calls for unsuccessful ITT applicants to be ‘redirected’ to alternative careers within schools
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How a student loan repayments policy could retain 2,100 teachers
An author of research into the impact of reimbursing trainee teachers for student loan repayments explains the key findings and what it could mean for future policy decisions
How a student loan repayments policy could retain 2,100 teachers

Thursday

12th Sep 2024

How non-specialist teaching became an everyday challenge
Teaching out of subject is a growing issue in schools, much to the concern of some experts. But how did we get here? And what does it mean for staff?
How non-specialist teaching became an everyday challenge in schools

Tuesday

10th Sep 2024

Chances for progression ‘stacked against’ non-white teachers
Evelyn Forde does not believe the government is aware of the ‘systemic racism’ in the teaching profession
A leading headteacher has warned that progression opportunities are "stacked against" non white teachers.

Thursday

5th Sep 2024

Teacher retention payments: all you need to know
Which teachers will be eligible for targeted retention incentive payments, and when they can apply?
Teacher retention payments: all you need to know

Monday

2nd Sep 2024

38 years of classroom teaching - and counting
Sarah Ledger reflects on why she still gets a buzz from being a classroom teacher after almost four decades at the chalkface
40 milestone

Thursday

29th Aug 2024

Alison Peacock: School improvement drive has ‘almost gone too far’
Some teachers feel as though they have to ‘follow a script’ due to the pressures of the accountability system, the teachers’ leader warned
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Monday

5th Aug 2024

Now Teach scheme ‘rescued’ by 11th hour funding
Teacher recruitment programme for career changers can now continue from September 2025 despite having had its funding axed by the previous government
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Thursday

25th Jul 2024

Teacher trainees failing to qualify hits 6-year high
Government data also shows the number of postgraduate teacher trainees joining the workforce is estimated to be down by more than 5,000 in 2022-23
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Teacher shortages: DfE considers review of profession
The new government is weighing up a review of the teaching profession to look at flexible working and pay and conditions, according to details seen by Tes
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