Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current criteria approved by her Department are for the establishment of an Initial Teacher Training Centre of Excellence.

The Government has not designated any Centres of Excellence in Initial Teacher Training, and therefore there are no established criteria. We intend to engage with the Initial Teacher Training sector to discuss the possible designation of Centres of Excellence in future, building on the proposal set out in the White Paper earlier this year.

Details about the methodology used for allocating training places for the 2017/18 academic year can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/itt-requesting-places-and-allocations-methodology-2017-to-2018. We expect to publish the full allocations made to providers for 2017/18 later this year.