All appeals made by teacher trainers unsuccessful in the government’s ITT market review accreditation process have been rejected.
Just 179 providers made it through the Department for Education’s two reaccreditation rounds this year, well below the 240 providers operating in England last year.
Snubbed trainers were offered a last-ditch chance to appeal. But in a decision that could prompt legal action, DfE sources confirmed this week that none had been successful.
It comes as new analysis from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) suggested more than 4,000 places could be lost if non-accredited providers left the market.
James Noble-Rogers, from the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET), said the process was “seriously flawed”.
“We are both surprised and disappointed that none of the appeals were successful and that ITE providers…who have been supplying schools with excellent teachers for many years… will be forced out of the market.”
