Guidance

Recruiting trainee teachers: recruitment cycle dates

Dates and deadlines for organisations providing teacher training.

From:
Department for Education
Published
29 September 2022
Last updated
23 August 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Recruiting trainee teachers: recruitment cycle dates

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Teacher training follows a ‘recruitment cycle’ from October to September. All training providers must follow the dates of the recruitment cycle.

These lists of dates cover the 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 recruitment cycles.

Updates to this page

Published 29 September 2022
Last updated 23 August 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added '2025 to 2026 recruitment cycle' to 'Recruiting trainee teachers: recruitment cycle dates'. Removed 'postgraduate' from title.

  2. Candidates in the 2023 to 2024 cycle can apply for another course if they do not receive a decision on an application in 30 working days. Updated the page to clarify this point.

  3. Updated details on the 2023 to 2024 recruitment cycle, and added dates for the 2024 to 2025 recruitment cycle.

  4. First published.

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