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Find a teaching school hub

Get support with teacher training and professional development from school-led centres of excellence.

Applies to England

Search for a local teaching school hub

Select the teaching school hub in the local authority district your school belongs to.

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Every school in England can access one of the 87 hubs.

When you contact them, the teaching school hub will confirm if they can work with you.

What teaching school hubs do

Teaching school hubs are centres of excellence led by schools and multi-academy trusts.

They offer teacher training and professional development for teachers and leaders at all stages of their career.

They play a significant role in the delivery of:

Teaching school hubs are the main provider of appropriate body services.

How the hubs are funded

Teaching school hubs receive annual grant funding from the Department for Education.

The grant is subject to conditions, including showing progress against key performance indicators.

Teaching school hubs replaced the previous network of approximately 750 teaching schools, which ended in August 2021.

Hubs are supported by the Teaching School Hubs Council. The council:

  • represents teaching school hubs, when advising DfE on national policy
  • supports the creation and growth of teaching school hubs
  • ensures there’s sufficient capacity for successful delivery of the programme

Updates to this page

Published 20 November 2020
Last updated 2 September 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated to confirm that teaching school hubs are the main provider of appropriate body services from September 2024.

  2. Updated page and added a link to the list of lead schools in England that will operate as a teaching school hub from September 2024.

  3. Updated the information about teaching school hubs and added a link to the 'find a teaching school hub' tool.

  4. Updated the list of teaching school hubs.

  5. Added website for Inspiration Teaching School Hub to 'List of teaching school hubs by area'.

  6. Added a section on the new teaching school hubs council (TSHC) including the list of members.

  7. Added updated list of contact details for DfE's Teaching School Hubs.

  8. Updated 'List of teaching school hubs by area'.

  9. Updated the list of teaching school hubs by area to include contact details.

  10. Added a list of the 87 teaching school hubs by area.

  11. First published.

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