Overview of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) arrangements in the UK Alice Hansen Children Count Ltd

England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland

Routes into teaching Undergraduate Postgraduate England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

Wales England UG routes into teaching Bachelor of Education (BEd) Bachelor of Arts (BA) Bachelor of Science (BSc) 3- or 4-year undergraduate programmes Studied concurrently with a teacher training element (e.g. Qualified Teacher Status) Scotland Northern Ireland

PG routes into teaching PGCE courses are available at: – universities and colleges throughout the UK – in a school School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) Teach First School Direct Training Programme Between one and two years long England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

Current challenges Rising demand for teachers Teacher training places Application processes Promotion and marketing Universities UK Parliamentary Briefing, Initial Teacher Training Nov 2013 England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

Wales England Rising demand for teachers National audit office: – Extra 256,000 school places will be needed by 2014–15 – Demand for teachers could increase by 14,000 between now and Scotland Northern Ireland

Wales England Rising demand for teachers Scotland Northern Ireland Recruitment to ITT has fallen: – government allocated 9,580 to the School Direct route but just 6,370 places were taken up (66% of allocation) – 560 postgraduate ITT places for secondary physics were filled against an overall target of 990 (66% of allocation) – 550 places short of the maths target (88% of physics) 91% of allocation of UG and PG to universities was filled

Wales England Teacher training places Northern Ireland Scotland

Application processes England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Many School Direct partnerships did not consider applications made after the school term had concluded (15 July 2013) Some universities received significant proportions of applications to key subjects after July 15 th but could not interview because they had reached set targets

Government criticised for advertising only one route: School Direct England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Promotion and marketing

Current opportunities England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Raised awareness of teaching as a profession Closer than ever liaison between universities and schools, with universities often taking the lead for ‘core’ training

Current opportunities England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Continuing professional development opportunities for newly qualified teachers – Mathematics Specialist Teacher (MaST) Programme for primary teachers Subject knowledge including progression through the primary school Pedagogy Collaborative working with colleagues

MaST programme England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Evaluation: – Positive impact on pupils’ attitudes in school – Better than expected gains of pupils’ attainment – More frequent professional development activities happening in schools – MaSTs are being used in other schools to support mathematics National Foundation for Educational Research Evaluation of the Mathematics Specialist Teacher (MaST) programme Training June 2013

References England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Universities UK Briefing Documents can be found at: – ocuments/2013/InitialTeacherTraining-Nov2013.pdf ocuments/2013/InitialTeacherTraining-Nov2013.pdf – ocuments/2013/BriefingInitialTeacherTraining.pdf ocuments/2013/BriefingInitialTeacherTraining.pdf The MaST programme evaluation can be found at: – MSZ01.pdf MSZ01.pdf