Reform of initial teacher education

Archived information is available below so that the background to the reform of initial teacher education (ITE) is well catalogued.

(Former) Department for Education and Skills (DfES) publications

Please click on the links below to download the following DfES publications:

Equipping our teachers for the future: Reforming initial teacher training for the learning and skills sector (DfES, 2004) (PDF 244KB) This report outlines a step change in teacher education for the sector in England, with a new minimum standard, a unit and credit base teacher qualifications framework and professional status (QTLS) to be introduced and operative by September 2007.

Press release: 'Reform of teacher education in the learning and skills sector' (DfES, 11th November 2003) (Word document 40KB) This press release proposed an entitlement for trainee teachers to receive a tailor-made development programme, with specific steps to address Ofsted's concerns about further education teacher training courses.

Further Education National Training Organisation (FENTO) publications

Please click on the links below to download the following FENTO publications:

A licence to practise (FENTO, 2004) (PDF, 68KB) This position paper identified the components of a licence to practise for qualified teachers in the learning and skills sector.

For FENTO publications about the future of ITE for the learning and skills sector, please view information on wider sector: wider perspectives.