Flagship teacher training reforms provider told to improve by Ofsted

Ofsted has ordered one of the government’s flagship teacher development providers to improve its new early career framework and national professional qualification programmes.

The Education Development Trust, a charity also recently handed contracts for the National Tutoring Programme and National Careers Service, is “not taking effective action” to ensure high teacher training standards, a monitoring inspection found.

It marks the first time an ECF or NPQ lead provider has been given such a rating, with the majority now inspected. Other inspected providers have been rated “effective” so far.