Ministers are banking on deals between snubbed teacher trainers and approved providers to plug feared supply gaps after the ITT review, but may yet run a “targeted” third accreditation round, a senior official has said.
In an exclusive interview, Department for Education schools policy adviser Will Bickford Smith said ministers had a “range of different options” to ensure there were enough places after the controversial re-accreditation process.
The DfE has already scrambled to form an ITT “sufficiency steering group” amid fears the review, set up to slim down the teacher training market, will slash provider numbers by a third and leave England without enough places.
