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)

Yesterday

28th May 2025

Why schools can’t rely on external CPD
To ensure the best professional development for teachers now and in the future, it needs to come from within the profession and should not be dictated by government, writes Sam Gibbs
External CPD fire net

Friday

23rd May 2025

5 ways the ECF is making a difference to schools
Despite the negative talk about the Early Career Framework, schools are telling us how valuable it is, says the chair of the Teaching School Hubs Council advisory board
ECF difference

Monday

19th May 2025

Why sustainability is now key for student teachers in Scotland
A new framework will help teachers at the start of their career in Scotland to respond to urgent environmental and sustainability challenges
Small child blowing on windmill Sustainability Scotland

Friday

16th May 2025

Government told to ‘trust the profession’ on teacher training
Experts have their say on the government’s approach to initial teacher training, CPD and the Early Career Framework at the Schools and Academies Show
Teacher training trust trapeze

Sunday

11th May 2025

How to design better subject-specific CPD
Teachers are crying out for stronger subject-specific CPD, says Mark Enser – and this is how schools can give it to them
Tailor measuring suit

Friday

9th May 2025

James Noble-Rogers to step down from UCET
Mr Noble-Rogers has led the university teacher training organisation for more than two decades
James Noble-Rogers
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Apprenticeships shortened to get teachers into classroom sooner
Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship courses will be reduced from 12 to nine months
The length of teaching apprenticeships will be cut to get more new teachers into the classroom sooner.

Thursday

8th May 2025

Teacher shortage ‘locks out’ poorest students from Stem A levels
Nearly a third of schools in the poorest areas can’t offer computer science A level due to teacher shortages, research shows
A shortage of teachers is stopping disadvantaged students taking Stem A levels, research shows

Wednesday

7th May 2025

How we dumbed down teaching - and what we must do to fix it
Over the past decade, teaching has been pushed towards a prescriptive model that reduces intellectual curiosity and overlooks essential classroom engagement, argues Sam Gibbs
Vitruvian man with stick man

Friday

2nd May 2025

Teachers urged to take on economics alongside core subjects
Bank of England launches training scheme as FFT analysis shows extreme differences in take-up of economics across the country
Jars of money

Wednesday

30th Apr 2025

Why we hosted a TA Inset day for staff across 17 schools
One trust leader explains the benefits of bringing 260 teaching assistants together for professional development and the sharing of ideas and insights
Why we hosted a TA inset day for staff across 17 schools
Labour’s 6,500 new teachers pledge ‘could still leave shortages’
Public spending watchdog calls on the government to publish a delivery plan for fulfilling its pledge to recruit thousands more teachers
Labour’s 6,500 teachers pledge may still leave shortages, NAO says