The government is planning to cut private providers out of the FE teacher training market due to “quality and value for money” concerns amid the college staff recruitment crisis.
Under proposals published today, the Department for Education said it wants to remove access to student finance for pre-service further education initial teacher training (ITT) courses from 2024/25, except where courses are delivered by, or in partnership with, HE providers with degree awarding powers.
The department also plans to force FE teacher training organisations to be accredited by the DfE to establish a “clearly defined quality bar” that providers must meet before accessing public funding.
