By the end of this Parliament, the Government’s aspiration is for schools to lead the training of half of all new teachers. Schools can choose any type of accredited provider to work with on School Direct. It provides an opportunity for accredited providers to deepen their partnerships with schools, responding to their needs and improving employability outcomes of trainees. It also provides scope for new opportunities to work with schools, for example through offering continuing professional development opportunities for staff within teacher training institutions and schools through increased collaboration and joint working on a School Direct programme.
All School Direct trainees will have to meet the standard entry criteria of accredited providers, who will remain accountable and responsible for the recommendation of the award of qualified teacher status. Schools will need to agree their request for places with their identified partner teacher training providers before submitting their School Direct type, subject or phase requests.
Further information is also available in the Quick Start Guide for Schools 2014/15 and operations manual.
School Direct management information is available to download from this page.
