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Initial teacher training: Challenges and opportunities

Recruitment & Retention Government policy NQTs
The government’s strategy to tackle recruitment and retention problems have clear implications for initial teacher training. Emma Hollis from the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers considers some of the challenges and opportunities ahead

The past 12 months have seen unprecedented change for the initial teacher training (ITT) sector, with the publication of the Department for Education’s Early Career Framework (ECF) and Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy (DfE, 2019).

These policies mean that, for the next 12 months, ITT providers must prepare diligently for a number of related initiatives and support the government’s commitment to helping great people become teachers and making sure they receive high-quality teacher training.

For the sector, it is most definitely a period of Change and Renewal – the title of our annual conference taking place later this month. NASBTT has identified eight key priorities for the year ahead.

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