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Phil Smith, NASBTT PR Consultant
Tel: 01778 218180
or 07866 436159
Click on the links below to view media coverage where NASBTT is featured.
19th May - Schools Week - Top-grade uni among victims in savage first ITT review round
19th May - TES - ITT Review: A tough first round but no need to panic yet
18th May - Schools Week - Non-white candidates less likely to get into teacher training
16th May - Business Mondays - "Nobody has been counted out": NASBTT responds to initial teacher training accreditation process outcome
16th May - Business in the News - "Nobody has been counted out": NASBTT responds to ITT accreditation process outcome
16th May - The Educator - "Whilst some providers have been counted in, nobody has been counted out": NASBTT responds to ITT accreditation process outcome
16th May - FE News - Nobody has been counted out - NASBTT responds to ITT accreditation process outcome
16th May - Education Uncovered (subscription only) - Fewer than half of teacher training providers make it through first round of governments re-accreditation process
16th May - Schools Week - Just 1 in 3 teacher trainers re-accredited after first review round
16th May - TES - ITT: Almost two-thirds of providers not accredited in first wave
29th April - TES - The pandemic changed ITT, but is it for the better?
25th April - Schools Week - Teacher pay: 8 interesting findings from the DfE’s STRB evidence
20th April - TES - Why teaching still has a diversity problem
May - TheTeachCo.com - “The DfE is pursuing a risky, unnecessary and expensive process”
12th April - COBIS - International QTS: what are the opportunities for British International Schools?
March - Education Magazine - "A catastrophic risk" to teacher supply? Inside the shake-up of Initial Teacher Training
5th January - Schools Week - DfE delays ITT market review reforms for a year
22nd December - TES Magazine - Secondary teacher trainee pandemic boost evaporates
10th December - TES Magazine - DfE pushes teacher training shake-up start back to 2024
10th December - TES Magazine - Call for teacher training shake-up delay
10th December - Schools Week - Ofsted to assess ITT provider reaccreditations
6th December - TES Magazine - DfE teacher training plans: What teachers need to know
3rd December - Schools Week - ITT reforms delayed, but pressure still on reaccreditation (page 9)
1st December - fe news - Initial teacher training (ITT) response warmly welcomed by NASBTT
26th November - Schools Week - Staff have to ‘drop something’ to fit in ECF, provider admits
26th November - tes - Teacher training applications drop to pre-Covid levels
24th November - tes - Warning over risk to school teacher training provision
24th November - Teaching Times - Can Diversity In Teacher Trainees Be Improved By Bursaries – New Research!
24th November - SecEd - Lack of time and capacity hampering early career teacher mentoring
24th November - Headteacher Update - Lack of time and capacity hampering early career teacher mentoring
23rd November - Schools Week - ITT providers ‘alarmingly selling specific pedagogies’ as ‘be all and end all’, Ofsted says
23rd November - tes - Ofsted alarm at teacher trainers 'selling' one pedagogy
23rd November - tes - 'Grave concerns' over teacher mentoring
23rd November - fe news - Major concerns around time and capacity for mentoring in schools, according to new research
23rd November - Business Education - Survey finds concerns around time and capacity for mentoring in schools
16th September - The Educator UK - New Secretary of State for Education: NASBTT statement
16th September - fenews.co.uk - Cabinet reshuffle means "decision needed quickly" on whether initial teacher training market review is a priority
21st August - TES - Teacher training shake-up: What's behind the backlash?
11th August - TES - Teacher training shake-up could boost 'upfront quality'
2nd August - The Headteacher - Strategies to build knowledge
26th July - TES - ITT review will 'help, not hinder' teacher supply
17th July - TES - Call to 'immediately' halt controversial ITT review
15th July - TES - ITT plans 'pose catastrophic risk' to teacher supply
14th July - TES - Ofsted rates ITT providers 'inadequate' in new checks
7th July - Online Teaching Jobs - ITT’s review is ‘hugely risky’ for teacher supply, warns DfE advisor
7th July - School World Media - ITT Review ‘Hugely Risky’ To Teacher Supply, Warns DfE Adviser
7th July - Schools Week - ITT reform ‘hugely risky’ to teacher supply and quality, warns government’s own adviser
7th July - SecEd - Teacher supply: ITT reforms present 'catastrophic risk' say critics
7th July - HeadTeacher Update - Teacher supply: ITT reforms present 'catastrophic risk' say critics
6th July - ParentsandTeachers.org.uk - PTE Newsletter
6th July - John Howson - ITT Market Review: more thoughts
5th July - The New York Press News Agency - DfE proposes re-accreditation for all providers
5th July - TES - Teacher training shake-up: What schools need to know
5th July - Schools Week - The ITT review poses a catastrophic risk to teacher supply
5th July - Schools Week - ITT review: DfE proposes re-accreditation for all providers
5th July - FE News - Government launches consultation on proposals to improve training to develop world class teachers
5th July - The Headteacher - Streategies to build knowledge, Emma Hollis asks how can ITT providers develop the subject knowledge required by Ofsted? (Pages 76-77)
28th June - SecEd - Ambitions and goals: Where will your career take you?
20th May - The School Bus - How Can ITT Providers Develop the Subject Knowledge Required by Ofsted?
12th May - Inside Government - How Can ITT Providers Develop the Subject Knowledge Required by Ofsted?
25th April - Schools Week - Everything you need to know about the government’s new Institute of Teaching
14th April - SecEd - Using cognitive science to improve classroom practice
14th April - Headteacher Update - Using cognitive science to improve classroom practice
17th March - SecEd - Advising new teachers: How can I get my pupils to behave?
17th March - Headteacher Update - Advising new teachers: How can I get my pupils to behave?
17th February - Schools Week - International QTS proposal gives SCITTs chance to expand overseas
6th February - Schools Week - How schools are coping with the Covid teacher recruitment boom
12th January - Schools Week - New Institute of Teaching sparks warning of the ‘Gibb-isation of education’
30th November - Education Today - Will a 'short-term view' on teacher training incentives impact the longer term
24th November - Schools Week - DfE expects teacher recruitment boost to be ‘short-lived’, despite slashing bursaries
24th November - TES - We don’t need GCSEs any more, says 'growing consensus’
13th November - SENCo Magazine - Are your trainees well prepared? Page 1 Continued...Page 2
23rd October - Education Business - Only eight per cent of teacher training placements delayed
22nd October - TES - Covid sparks remote learning 'upsurge' in ITT courses
20th October - The Educator UK - Covid-19 and the classroom: what has been the impact on NQTs/trainees?
19th October - COBIS - Will an increase in Teacher Training applications in England ease the pressure on recruitment for InternationalSchools
16th October - Schools Week - Schools forced to rethink teacher training after ‘short-sighted’ grant cut
15th October - Education Business - DfE cuts and cancels some teacher training bursaries
13th October - TES - Exclusive: Teacher training bursaries 'cut by 50%'
13th October - TES - End of payments worth up to £9k extra for new teachers
13th October - Schools Week - DfE wields axe on teacher training bursaries as Covid causes supply rises
5th October - Primary School Management - A very different landscape
24th September - TES - 'Huge concerns' over post-Covid school mentor shortage
16th September - TES - Trainee teachers being taught to lead remote lessons
10th September - The Economist - A rush of new teachers will help England’s short-handed schools
7th September - Education Technology - Going online to develop and support new teachers
30th July - Primary School Management
30th July - SecEd Headteacher update - The challenge facing NQTs
30th July - Education Business - Schools needed to play active part in ITE recovery
29th July - TES - Should teacher training reflect rise of remote lessons?
29th July - TES - Consider forcing schools to take trainees, DfE told
29th July - Schools Week - Coronavirus: Calls for virtual ITT placements and forcing schools to open their doors to trainees
29th July - University Business - Teacher training: MillionPlus leads call for sector and government to work together
29th July - Research Professional News - Government must act to protect quality of teacher training
19th July - SME Business News - “Instructional coaching” partnership to support mentor development and teacher performance
14th July - TES - Teacher trainee placement shortage eased by new status
30th June - The Educator UK - “Instructional coaching” partnership to support mentor development and teacher performance
29th June - Education Business - Tool to support mentor development and teacher performance
17th June - Education Business - Teacher recruitment and retention
17th June - QA Education - Schools pulling teacher training placements for 2020-21, according to NASBTT survey
17th June - Schools Week - Coronavirus: Teach First drops 120 trainees as schools halt recruitment
9th June - The Educator UK - Schools pulling teacher training placements for 2020-21, according to NASBTT survey
8th June - Schools Week - Coronavirus: QTS extension for trainees who haven’t made ‘adequate progress’
8th June - TES - Struggling trainee teachers to aim for QTS by December
5th June - i news - ‘Worryingly high’ number of schools unable to offer teacher training placements next year due to coronavirus
4th June - Schools Week - Recruitment fears as schools withdraw training placements
18th May - TES - Why the focus on mental health should start in training
15th May - TES - Coronavirus: New teacher job vacancies drop
15th May - Education Business - NASBTT launches Teacher Educator and Mentoring Zone
11th May - Headteacher Update - NQTs: Supporting good mental health
20th April - TES - Teacher trainers' concern over mentor quality
9th April - SecEd - Teacher training: Keeping the pipeline open
9th April - Headteacher Update - Teacher training: Keeping the pipeline open
8th April - TES - Coronavirus: Allow conditional ITT offers, DfE urged
7th April - TES - Coronavirus: Teachers 'could be lost to the profession'
6th April - The Educator UK - COVID-19: “ITT providers and trainees are pulling out all the stops to make things work – their story must be told”
3rd April - Education Executive - NASBTT publishes five recommendations in ITE inspection framework consultation response
31st March - TES - Coronavirus: 'Delay new ITT inspections', Ofsted told
27th March - Education Business - Teacher training providers to make pass judgements
26th March - TES - Coronavirus: QTS will be based on progress judgements
18th March - TES - Coronavirus: Teacher training facing severe disruption
6th March - TES - Revealed: Up to £123m spent on 'ghost' teacher trainees
1st March - Schools Week - Looked-after children need better-trained teachers
16th February - Schools Week - Trainee teachers’ mental health should be ringing alarm bells
10th February - QA Education - How can we equip trainee teachers to support Looked After Children?
31st January - Bude & Beyond - New teacher training to pilot in the south-west
30th January - FEnews.co.uk - Aspiring teachers to benefit from simpler application process
30th January - WiredGov - Aspiring teachers to benefit from simpler application process
30th January - GOV.UK - Aspiring teachers to benefit from simpler application process
29th January - Primary School Management Magazine - How to cope with the ITT Core Content Framework
27th January - TES - How ITT can support teaching as a 'team sport'
16th January - QA Education - Wellbeing and the benefits of SCITT buy-in
10th January - QA Education - Why mental health support for teachers must begin in the training year