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A framework to support trainee teacher development, designed with an expert advisory group.
A course to help teachers and school leaders develop leadership knowledge and expertise to improve outcomes for teachers and pupils in their school.
Description of the national professional qualifications (NPQs) available to teachers and school leaders for providers to use when designing their courses.
Find out how misconduct in the teaching profession is regulated, investigated and managed.
An overview and directory of subject knowledge enhancement courses for initial teacher training (ITT) providers.
A course to help current or aspiring managers of nurseries develop expertise in leading early years education and staff and organisational management.
Guidance on the teacher misconduct regulatory system and disciplinary procedures.
Ofsted's policy for considering whether to defer or pause an inspection or visit, or whether additional evidence needs to be gathered.
An explanation of the education staff wellbeing charter and the benefits of using it.
Guidance for inspectors and providers on inspecting ITE provision in England under the renewed education inspection framework, available for use from January 2026.
Guidance for appropriate bodies, headteachers, school staff and governing bodies.
Information about the mandatory qualifications special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs) must gain within 3 years of taking up their post.
A course to help school leaders and headteachers develop the knowledge behind expert school leadership and apply it to become an outstanding headteacher.
A course to help teachers learn how to create a culture of good behaviour and high expectations in which staff and pupils thrive.
A course to help teachers learn how to lead the teaching and learning of a subject, year group or phase.
Statutory guidance for schools about employing staff who have been disqualified from providing childcare.
Best-practice standards for early years teachers.
How accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers can recruit trainees who are not UK or Irish nationals.
Early career teacher entitlement (ECTE) eligibility criteria and DfE grant funding for schools, early career teachers and mentors.
A course to help teachers learn how to become a teacher educator and successfully support teachers in their school to expand their skills.
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