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Early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers

List of early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers.

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From:
Department for Education
Published:
17 December 2015
Last updated:
23 July 2026
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  1. Removed University of Brighton from 'Early years initial teacher training (ITT): accredited providers'.

  2. Updated the list of providers in 'Early years initial teacher training (ITT): accredited providers'.

  3. Added Teesside University to the 'Early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers' list and removed Bath Spa University from the list.

  4. All the contact details for EYITT providers on the accredited provider list have been reviewed and updated with new information.

  5. Updated the email address and telephone number for E-Qualitas and removed the University of St Mark & St John (Plymouth Marjon University) from the 'Early years initial teacher training (ITT): accredited providers' list.

  6. Removed University of Bedfordshire and University of Gloucester from the 'Early years initial teacher training (ITT): accredited providers' list.

  7. Updated Essex Primary SCITT in the East of England section of the document, removing the graduate entry and assessment-only routes and updating the telephone number.

  8. Best Practice Network added for each region. Ashton on Mersey Teacher Training removed from North West.

  9. Bath Spa University added to the list of South West ITT providers.

  10. The email address contact for Nottingham Trent University has been changed to EYITT.partnership@ntu.ac.uk and the “Yes” in the Graduate Entry column has been removed and replaced with "X". The email address contact for University of West England has been changed to Melissa.Arrowsmith@uwe.ac.uk and the phone number changed to 0117 328 6499.

  11. Removed 10 providers from the list as they have ceased delivering early years initial teacher training (ITT). Updated contact details and training information for other providers throughout the list.

  12. Removed 'Tudor Grange SCITT' from list of providers.

  13. Removed University of Chichester from list of providers.

  14. Amended name of 'Alliance for Learning SCITT' to 'Bright Futures SCITT'.

  15. Removed University of Portsmouth from the list.

  16. Updated the telephone number for UCL.

  17. Added The Hampshire SCITT Partnership to South East.

  18. Added Ashton on Mersey Teacher Training to North West.

  19. Updated entry for Canterbury Christ Church University.

  20. Removed the University of Derby from the list as it is closing its early years programme from the academic year 2019 to 2020 onwards.

  21. Updated GLF schools provision to include graduate entry places.

  22. Added details for University of Derby, as removed in error.

  23. Removed University of Derby and London Metropolitan University from the list, as they will not be offering early years initial teacher training (ITT) for the academic year 2019 to 2020.

  24. Updated providers list for Essex Primary SCITT and Stourpot SCITT. Added Gorse SCITT and GLF Schools as new providers.

  25. Updated the list of providers to show that Buckingham Partnership offers the 'assessment only' route.

  26. Updated providers list. Tudor Grange Academy is not graduate employment based.

  27. Amended the ITT providers list to remove the University of Warwick and to show that Essex Primary SCITT offers the assessment only route.

  28. Removed Tauheedul Future Teachers and added Tudor Grange SCITT and The Sheffield SCITT.

  29. Removed Chiltern Training Group from the ITT providers list.

  30. Removed Tudor Grange from list of West Midlands early years ITT accredited providers.

  31. Removed 'Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership' from the provider list in the South East.

  32. Removed University of Worcester, Oxford Brookes University, Staffordshire University and Northumbria University from the list, as they will no longer provide early years initial teacher training (ITT).

  33. Updated provider details.

  34. Bath Spa University added to to the list of 2016 to 2017 accredited early years Initial Teacher Training providers.

  35. Two providers removed as they have decided not to deliver early years ITT for 2016/17.

  36. First published.

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