Further details about new criteria for
allocating teacher training places from September 2017 onwards «will be published shortly», according to the statement.
Not exact matches
That includes, for example, not just saying to any university, «you can
train as many
teachers as you like», but to actually
allocate places.
According to the Department for Education, there were 56,735
places allocated to initial
teacher training providers (ITT) and school direct lead schools in 2017/18, of which 6,672 were for undergraduate ITT; figures, which continue the increase in the number of aspiring
teachers choosing on the job
training as their preferred method of a route into teaching.
How the National College for Teaching and Leadership uses the
teacher supply model (TSM) to
allocate training places to schools and
training providers.
Under the programme, PhD students are found School Direct
training places and are then
allocated to placement schools for two years while they work towards qualified
teacher status (QTS) and the requirements of their newly - qualified
teacher (NQT) year.
James Noble - Rogers (pictured right), executive director of the Universities Council for the Education of
Teachers, said: «The government must do more to protect the
teacher education supply base by
allocating training places to universities in a way that will allow them to plan strategically over a number of years.
Noble - Rogers said that, at a time when both headteachers and Ofsted are concerned by a crisis in
teacher supply, it is «outrageous that
training places are being
allocated under a veil of secrecy».
In particular, they want to know the number of
places allocated across different routes: through higher education institutions (HEI), school - centred initial
teacher training (SCITT), and School Direct, to get an accurate picture of recruitment and local needs and to «plan for the future».