Concern is growing over the number of university and college-based initial teacher training (ITT) places that are under threat of closure because of the school-based programmes being introduced by the government.
In the past week a number of organisations have started to carry out surveys into the impact of the policy, which will potentially see higher education having less involvement in the training of teachers.
Only ITT institutions that achieved an “outstanding” Ofsted rating will continue to have a short-term training allocation. Those who failed to meet this level are having their student numbers severely cut, causing fears that many will simply become unviable and close.
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