Guidance

Initial teacher training (ITT): accredited ITT provider closure and withdrawal of ITT accreditation

Information on the process for providers wishing to close ITT provision and the withdrawal of ITT accreditation.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 18 May 2015
• Last updated: 1 September 2023
  Show all updates

  1. 1 September 2023

     Updated 'Initial teacher training (ITT): accredited ITT provider closure and withdrawal of ITT accreditations' to make the wording consistent with the main criteria. Changed from PDF to HTML.

  2. 19 April 2023

     Updated information about initial teacher training (ITT) accreditation withdrawal.

  3. 30 March 2022

     Updated information about initial teacher training (ITT) accreditation withdrawal.

  4. 1 December 2021

     Updated to reflect the updated process for withdrawal of accreditation in line with the government response to the ITT review.

  5. 1 April 2020

     Replaced the guidance with an updated version.

  6. 18 May 2015

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Initial teacher training (ITT): accredited ITT provider closure and withdrawal of ITT accreditation

HTML

Details

If you’re an accredited initial teacher training (ITT) provider and no longer wish to offer ITT, you must:

• inform the Department for Education
• follow the procedures set out in this document

Accredited ITT providers who decided not to apply for ITT accreditation to deliver ITT from the 2024 to 2025 academic year will need to follow the procedures set out in this document.