At NASBTT we are passionate about communicating updates, media statements, opinion pieces, press releases, achievements and future plans with the media, stakeholders and our members.

Media Contacts

External Communications

All media enquiries, interview requests and speaking invitations should be directed to:

Phil Smith, NASBTT PR Consultant

Tel: 01778 218180 or 07866 436159

Email: phil@philsmithcommunications.co.uk

Internal (Member) Communications

All enquiries regarding communications to Members should be directed to:

Jayne Hoskins, Communications Manager

Tel: 07747 707292

Email: jhoskins@nasbtt.org.uk


Speaking Opportunities

Emma Hollis, Executive Director, will speak for NASBTT representing "The Voice of School-Based Teacher Training" on current issues of interest to the ITT sector, including the topics below:

  • Schools-led ITT provision
  • Meeting national priorities for ITT including mental health, social inequality, safeguarding, SEND, well-being and teacher workload
  • Routes into teaching: undergraduate; postgraduate fee-paying; postgraduate-salaried and apprenticeship
  • Fees and funding
  • Qualified Teacher Status
  • Recruitment and retention
  • Early Career Framework and ITT Core Content Framework
  • Ofsted inspection framework: curriculum and subject knowledge
  • ITT Market Review
  • Mentoring and the Teacher Educator and Mentoring Zone
  • Professional development for teacher educators
  • Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers book series

All speaking requests and invitations should be directed to Phil Smith, NASBTT PR Consultant.


Media Resources

Resources including NASBTT's logo and imagery is available on request. Please contact us indicating your requirements.

Please note that our logo cannot be used without consent.


NASBTT Statement

The National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT) represents the interests of schools-led teacher training provision in relation to the development and implementation of national policy developments.

Our members include School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) providers, Teaching School Hubs, Higher Education Institutions involved in schools-led teacher training and a range of other organisations engaged in the education and professional development of teachers. We currently have more than 177 members, including 100% of the SCITT sector, representing over 10,000 individual trainees and their mentors.

NASBTT is a registered charity committed to promoting high quality schools-led programmes of training, education and professional development of teachers.

Registered Charity Number: 1176171