Initial Teacher Training (ITT)

Early years opportunities, Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE), accreditation information, inspections in initial teacher education.

Services

Initial teacher training (ITT) accreditation: expression of interest

Express an interest in applying to be accredited to deliver ITT courses leading to qualified teacher status from the 2026 to 2027 or 2027 to 2028 academic year.
Request a teacher training adviser at an ITT event

How initial teacher training (ITT) providers can request a teacher training adviser to attend a recruitment event.

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Guidance and regulation

Initial teacher training and early career framework
- Guidance
- 30 January 2024
- Department for Education
Funding: initial teacher training (ITT)
- Guidance
- 7 October 2025
- Department for Education
Initial teacher training (ITT): criteria and supporting advice
- Statutory guidance
- 19 March 2025
- Department for Education
Induction for early career teachers (England)
- Statutory guidance
- 22 April 2025
- Department for Education
Initial teacher training (ITT): core content framework
- Guidance
- 30 January 2024
- Department for Education

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News and communications

New teaching apprenticeship set to transform pathway to classroom
- 4 February 2024
- Department for Education
- Press release
New teacher training inspections to focus on the ITE curriculum
- 24 June 2020
- Ofsted
- Press release
Amanda Spielman speaking at the Royal Opera House
- 27 January 2020
- Ofsted
- Speech
Ofsted consults on changes to inspection framework for teacher training
- 27 January 2020
- Ofsted
- Press release
HMCI commentary: the initial teacher education curriculum
- 16 October 2019
- Ofsted
- Authored article

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Research and statistics

Initial teacher education thematic monitoring visits: overview report
- 1 October 2025
- Ofsted
- Research
Initial teacher training performance profiles: 2023 to 2024
- 31 July 2025
- Department for Education
- Official statistics
Early years initial teacher training programme evaluation
- 26 June 2025
- Department for Education
- Research
Initial teacher education (ITE) inspections and outcomes: management information
- 9 April 2025
- Ofsted
- Statistical data set
Initial teacher training performance profiles: 2022 to 2023
- 25 July 2024
- Department for Education
- Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

Further education initial teacher training reform
- 25 January 2024
- Department for Education
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 07 November 2023
International qualified teacher status (iQTS)
- 23 June 2025
- Department for Education
- Policy paper
ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence
- 25 April 2024
- Department for Education
- Call for evidence outcome
Early career framework
- 30 January 2024
- Department for Education
- Policy paper
Intensive training and practice
- 8 December 2023
- Department for Education
- Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

Accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers
- 7 October 2025
- Department for Education
- Transparency
Secondary maths teacher degree apprenticeship funding pilot: providers
- 22 May 2025
- Department for Education
- Transparency
Monthly statistics on initial teacher training recruitment: 2023 to 2024
- 3 August 2023
- Department for Education
- Transparency
Monthly statistics on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment: 2022 to 2023
- 4 October 2022
- Department for Education
- Transparency
Number of early career teachers and mentors participating in the early career framework
- 11 March 2022
- Department for Education
- Transparency

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Organisations

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