Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there are accredited initial teacher training providers in all parts of England after September 2024 through its re-accreditation process of those providers.

Information on the new Initial Teacher Training (ITT) criteria can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/999621/ITT_market_review_report.pdf and information on the accreditation process can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/initial-teacher-training-itt-accreditation.

Outcomes will be communicated early in the autumn term 2022, when evaluation of the second round of applications is complete.

The Department will also announce the names of all successful providers from both application rounds at that time.

The reforms are supported by £35.7 million.

Organisations who were interested applying for ITT accreditation were able to publicly view the application guidance and criteria via the ITT Accreditation opportunity listing on Jaggaer. Whilst this opportunity is now closed to applications, the listing and the supporting information including the application guidance and criteria is still available to view in the past opportunity page, which can be accessed at: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html.

Safeguarding teacher supply is a key priority, and this remains the case. We continue to monitor teacher sufficiency as the second round is completed and we will act if any regional deficits in provision are identified. We have engaged with the sector and are encouraging successfully accredited providers to consider expanding their partnership and provision. The formation of strong families of ITT providers, as is already the case in many areas, will help ensure that there are sufficient high-quality training places in all areas of the country. We know well trained teachers improves outcomes for pupils and helps with retention of staff.