How we use the teacher supply model (TSM) to review how many
initial teacher training places we need each year.
All initial teacher training places — including for School Direct — are advertised through a single application system, operated by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
Only 41 per cent of
initial teacher training places in the subject were filled this year.
Not exact matches
Applications for
Initial Teacher Training are open through UCAS on October 26, allowing applicants to convert their
place to an apprenticeship at a later date.
Initial teacher training Although the demand for
teachers nationally is rising, last year the government announced a 15 per cent cut in
teacher training places for universities.
A Foundation Phase Action Plan aims to put in
place a number of supportive approaches to improve consistency of delivery, including updating
initial teacher training, increasing parental engagement, more support materials, as well as school - to - school support.
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.
During preservice
teacher training,
initial emphasis should be
placed on identifying the distinct purposes of AT and IT.
Other recommendations included allowing
initial teacher training (ITT) providers to plan for
places over a longer time.
Initial teacher training funding figures published today show that schools offering School Direct
places for the shortage subjects of maths and physics will get up to # 6,000 less government funding.
Inspectors also found the trusts invested in professional development,
placed a high priority on
initial teacher training and had a «cautious and considered approach to expansion».
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».