Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what service benefits the Institute of Teaching plans to provide which the Initial teacher training provider network does not.

Learning from the best teacher development organisations in the world, the Institute of Teaching will become England’s flagship provider, showcasing exemplary delivery of the new Early Career Framework (ECF) and our ambitious reforms to initial teacher training (ITT) and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs).

Unlike many existing ITT providers, the Institute will be explicitly tasked with exemplifying how to deliver ITT, the ECF and the suite of NPQs by building, sequencing and delivering a coherent teacher development pathway from trainee through to executive headship. It will use expert understanding of evidence to inform and implement effective delivery approaches, create a world-leading faculty of subject specialists and expert teacher educators, and develop models of school partnership and placement that maximise the impact of school-based training experiences.

The Institute will also play a key role in developing the evidence base on delivery of teacher development. As part of its role in supporting other organisations to understand best practice in teacher development delivery, the Institute will contribute to the development of the teacher development evidence base by conducting primary research. It will also build upon, synthesise and translate existing evidence, and expertly communicate the practical implications to the sector.