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

31st Oct 2024

Unesco concern over UK’s high education secretary turnover
The global report says short tenure as education secretary makes education reform harder to achieve
A new Unesco report has flagged a concern about the high turnover of education secretaries in the UK

Wednesday

23rd Oct 2024

Drop-off rates following teacher induction ‘very high’
The ‘wastage rate’ following Scotland’s one-year probationer scheme is highest for new primary teachers, national figures show
Drop-off rates following teacher induction ‘very high’

Tuesday

22nd Oct 2024

MATs among 24 winning bids to run subject knowledge courses
DfE announces organisations tasked with running Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses for prospective teachers
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Thursday

10th Oct 2024

English teacher trainee bursaries halved
The Department for Education has announced the subjects that will receive bursary and grant funding in the upcoming academic year
Money
Russell Hobby to step down as Teach First CEO
Mr Hobby, who has held the role for seven years, will step down in summer 2025
Russell Hobby to step down as Teach First CEO

Friday

4th Oct 2024

The AI challenge for teacher training - and what it’s doing about it
With generative AI on the rise, Dan Worth asks teacher trainers how they are approaching this new technological frontier – and finds that some are already teaching their trainees how to use it
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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

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