Guidance

Find a teaching school hub

Get support with teacher training and professional development from school-led centres of excellence.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 20 November 2020
• Last updated: 2 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Search for a local teaching school hub

Select the teaching school hub in the local authority district your school belongs to.

Every school in England can access one of the 87 hubs.

When you contact them, the teaching school hub will confirm if they can work with you.

What teaching school hubs do

Teaching school hubs are centres of excellence led by schools and multi-academy trusts.

They offer teacher training and professional development for teachers and leaders at all stages of their career.

They play a significant role in the delivery of:

• school-based initial teacher training (ITT)
• national professional qualifications (NPQs)
• the early career framework (ECF)
• appropriate body services for the induction of early career teachers

Teaching school hubs are the main provider of appropriate body services.

How the hubs are funded

Teaching school hubs receive annual grant funding from the Department for Education.

The grant is subject to conditions, including showing progress against key performance indicators.

Teaching school hubs replaced the previous network of approximately 750 teaching schools, which ended in August 2021.

Hubs are supported by the Teaching School Hubs Council. The council:

• represents teaching school hubs, when advising DfE on national policy
• supports the creation and growth of teaching school hubs
• ensures there’s sufficient capacity for successful delivery of the programme

Published 20 November 2020
Last updated 2 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 2 September 2024

   Updated to confirm that teaching school hubs are the main provider of appropriate body services from September 2024.

2. 29 February 2024

   Updated page and added a link to the list of lead schools in England that will operate as a teaching school hub from September 2024.

3. 1 November 2023

   Updated the information about teaching school hubs and added a link to the 'find a teaching school hub' tool.

4. 30 November 2021

   Updated the list of teaching school hubs.

5. 9 September 2021

   Added website for Inspiration Teaching School Hub to 'List of teaching school hubs by area'.

6. 12 August 2021

   Added a section on the new teaching school hubs council (TSHC) including the list of members.

7. 16 July 2021

   Added updated list of contact details for DfE's Teaching School Hubs.

8. 1 June 2021

   Updated 'List of teaching school hubs by area'.

9. 26 April 2021

   Updated the list of teaching school hubs by area to include contact details.

10. 10 February 2021

    Added a list of the 87 teaching school hubs by area.

11. 20 November 2020

    First published.