Official Statistics

Main findings: teacher development inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2025

Published 12 November 2025

Applies to England

Framework changes 

This release marks the final official statistics based on Ofsted’s previous inspection frameworks, which made an overall effectiveness judgement. 

Following our recent consultation on improving the way we inspect education, all future official statistics will reflect the renewed framework. 

Reports and data produced under the previous frameworks remain available on the Ofsted statistics website for reference. 

This is the main findings report for teacher development inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2025 release. The following are also available: 

• underlying data, tables and charts 

• methodology 

• pre-release access list 

Summary 

This release contains: 

• data for inspections completed between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025 

• data for the most recent inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2025 

Both datasets include inspection reports published by 30 September 2025. 

In November 2024, the Secretary of State for Education asked us to delay the next cycle of routine initial teacher education (ITE) inspections until the academic year 2025/26.

Between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025, we carried out 6 full inspections of providers delivering the early career framework (ECF). 

On 31 August 2025, 100% of ITE phases were judged good or outstanding at their most recent inspection. 

ITE providers and inspections 

The inspection framework and how Ofsted inspects ITE 

When the new ITE inspection cycle begins from the 2025/26 academic year, inspections will be carried out under the renewed ITE inspection framework. 

Our previous inspection framework for ITE was in place from September 2020 until the end of 2024/25. It had a greater emphasis on the quality of the ITE curriculum than its predecessor and was aligned with the education inspection framework. 

Provider numbers 

On 31 August 2025, there were 247 providers delivering ITE across the early years, primary, secondary, and further education (FE) and skills phases. Table 1 shows the breakdown by phase in each year. 

Table 1: ITE phases delivered, by year 

Phase	31 August 2024	31 August 2025
All phases	340	351
Early years	24	14
Primary	101	93
Secondary	102	93
Primary and secondary	82	59
Further education	31	92

As at 31 August 2025, there were 92 providers delivering ITE in the FE and skills phase, an increase of 61 compared with 31 August 2024. As part of its 2023 consultation on reforms to FE initial teacher training, the Department for Education (DfE) has committed to improving ITE for FE and skills. The aim is to help ensure that trainee teachers and their employers have access to high-quality training supported by public funding. Recently, we have been working with the DfE to identify more providers who deliver ITE for FE and skills. As of September 2024, we have brought these providers into scope for inspection. 

In-year ITE inspection volumes and outcomes 

Between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025, we carried out 2 reinspections of ITE providers. 

Following a request by the Secretary of State for Education, Ofsted has postponed the start of the next ITE inspection cycle until the 2025/26 academic year. 

Therefore, this year we carried out just 2 reinspections of ITE providers previously graded requires improvement for overall effectiveness. Both improved to be graded good. 

In addition, during the pause to routine ITE inspections, we carried out 78 thematic monitoring visits to providers, and we published our findings in October. 

Most recent ITE inspection outcomes 

On 31 August 2025, 100% of ITE phases were judged good or outstanding for overall effectiveness at their most recent inspection, an increase of 3 percentage points compared with 31 August 2024. 

Figure 1: Most recent overall effectiveness of ITE phases, 31 August 2025 

<sup>1. Number of inspected phases in brackets.
2. Where numbers are low, percentages should be treated with caution.
View data in an accessible table format.</sup> 

Early career framework and national professional qualification providers and inspections 

Ofsted began carrying out full inspections of ECF and national professional qualification (NPQ) provision during the 2022/23 academic year. As at 31 August 2025, there were 9 NPQ and/or ECF providers. All 9 providers deliver NPQ provision and 6 also deliver ECF. 

Between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025, we inspected all 6 providers delivering the ECF. All were graded outstanding for overall effectiveness and in both key judgements. 

All 9 providers have previously had a full inspection for their NPQ provision. All were graded good or outstanding for overall effectiveness and both key judgements at their most recent NPQ inspection. 

Further information 

ITE phases 

ITE providers can offer training for up to 4 different age ranges. These are called age phases, or phases. They cover: 

• early years 

• primary 

• secondary 

• further education 

If an age-phase provider has a small number of both primary and secondary trainees, they will have been inspected at the same time under a combined primary/secondary phase inspection. 

Contact for comments or feedback 

If you have any comments or feedback on this publication, contact Stuart Lloyd on 03000 131 169 or Stuart.Lloyd@ofsted.gov.uk. 

Acknowledgements 

Thanks to the following for their contribution to this statistical release: Ross Stadden. 

Annex: data tables for figures 

Data for Figure 1: Most recent overall effectiveness of ITE phases, 31 August 2025

ITE phase	Number of inspected ITE phases	% Outstanding	% Good	% Requires improvement	% Inadequate
All ITE phases	245	38	62	0	0
Early years	10	20	80	0	0
Primary	73	45	55	0	0
Secondary	74	41	59	0	0
Primary and secondary	63	37	63	0	0
Further education	25	20	80	0	0

^{See Figure 1.}