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Ofsted to observe NQTs as part of revamped teacher training inspection

A new two-stage inspection process for initial teacher training will see Ofsted visiting NQTs in their classrooms to watch them “implement what they have learned”.

The inspectorate has published its revised framework for initial teacher education (ITE) detailing the new approach.

From this week, inspectors will check on the quality of training and the trainees’ teaching during the summer term. 

They will then visit them again in the autumn in their classrooms as they begin their NQT year.

The framework has also been revised to include a focus on how trainees are “taught to promote good behaviour in the classroom”. Ofsted said this is in reaction to statistics showing that many teachers leave the profession because of unruly learners.

The changes apply to all ITE partnerships that provide training leading to qualified teacher status and also to the further education teacher training inspected by Ofsted.

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