Initial Teacher Training: Application System

Nick Gibb Excerpts

Thursday 30th January 2020 Written Statements

[The Minister for School Standards (Nick Gibb)]

In the teacher recruitment and retention strategy, published in January 2019, the Government committed to helping great people become teachers by introducing a new application system for initial teacher training. This application system will be easier to use and designed to better meet the needs of potential trainees. The new service will also ensure universities and schools delivering teacher training can make accurate decisions on whether their applicants are right for the courses they are offering.

I confirm that the pilot for this new service has started and will involve a number of schools delivering school-centred initial teacher training. My Department will continually improve the service, based on feedback from candidates and those schools and universities delivering teacher training. Universities providing teacher training will also be able to join the pilot from October this year.

The Government’s new service will fully replace the existing UCAS teacher training service from the October 2021 admissions cycle.

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