Guidance

Recruiting postgraduate trainee teachers: recruitment cycle dates

Dates and deadlines for organisations providing postgraduate teacher training.

Applies to England

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Postgraduate teacher training follows a ‘recruitment cycle’ from October to September. All training providers must follow the dates of the recruitment cycle.

These lists of dates cover the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 recruitment cycles.

Published 29 September 2022
Last updated 11 September 2023 + show all updates
  1. Candidates in the 2023 to 2024 cycle can apply for another course if they do not receive a decision on an application in 30 working days. Updated the page to clarify this point.

  2. Updated details on the 2023 to 2024 recruitment cycle, and added dates for the 2024 to 2025 recruitment cycle.

  3. First published.