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Guidance on how professional conduct hearing panels review teacher misconduct.
A course to help teachers learn how to become a teacher educator and successfully support teachers in their school to expand their skills.
How DfE funding for training based on the early career framework (ECF) works, and which schools, early career teachers and mentors are eligible for funding.
Information about subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) support for initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment.
Explains schools’ legal duties on political impartiality to help school leaders, teachers and other staff consider these in teaching and extra-curricular activities.
Guidance for managing staff and employment issues.
Resources to help you promote staff wellbeing and support workload reduction in your school.
A description of effective practice in professional development for teachers.
Best-practice standards for early years teachers.
Guidance for schools on appraisal and capability policies.
Criteria and supporting advice for accredited providers wishing to offer the assessment only route to qualified teacher status (QTS).
Information for ECTs on professional development training and support based on the early career framework (ECF). This is part of your 2-year induction.
Best-practice standards for headteachers.
Information for mentors assigned to early career teachers (ECTs) doing training based on the early career framework (ECF) as part of their 2-year induction.
A course to help teachers learn how to effectively teach and promote literacy across the whole school, year group, key stage or phase.
Find out about eligibility and how to become an accredited provider of ITT for the academic year 2026 to 2027.
A course to help teachers learn how to use mastery approaches and teach maths effectively.
How to provide an English language test as part of your QTS application that will meet all the requirements.
The ECF is a framework for the professional development of early career teachers. ECF-based training is part of their 2-year inductions, but is not assessed.
Funding available to training providers and placement schools for initial teacher training (ITT) in 2024 to 2025.
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