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

• Updated: 2 September 2024

Research publications and projects that support school improvement in teaching school alliances.

• Updated: 4 April 2017

Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.

• Overview

  All children in England between the ages of 5 and 16 are entitled to a…

• Faith schools

  Faith schools have to follow the national curriculum, but they can choose…

• Free schools

  Free schools are funded by the government but are not run by the local…

• Academies

  Academies receive funding directly from the government and are run by an…

• City technology colleges

  City technology colleges and ‘ the city college for the technology of the…

• State boarding schools

  State boarding schools provide free education but charge fees for…

• Private schools

  Private schools (also known as ‘independent schools’) charge fees to…

How to request and manage school-led initial teacher training (ITT) places for School Direct.

• Updated: 22 February 2022

The Research Schools Network is delivered through a partnership between the Education Endowment Foundation and the Institute for Effective Education.

• Updated: 21 September 2018

Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.

• Updated: 21 January 2026

Search for a job in teaching or education in England, including jobs in leadership, education support and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.

• Updated: 18 June 2025

• Updated: 2 July 2021

Find out about the history, role and early development of teaching schools and how they are changing the future of teaching.

• Updated: 1 April 2013