Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to have the Initial Teacher Training Core Content Framework (1) fully implemented, and (2) tested; and whether that Framework will be independently assessed.

The initial teacher training (ITT) Core Content Framework (CCF) published in November 2019 sets out a mandatory training entitlement, embedded in the best, independently verified evidence about quality teaching, which all ITT must deliver. This includes content on curriculum planning and sequencing, behaviour management and setting high expectations for all pupils. The CCF can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-itt-core-content-framework.

The department expects the CCF to be fully implemented and we will continue to monitor and assess the effect of the CCF in ensuring high quality ITT, including through the reporting of independent inspections of ITT partnerships conducted by Ofsted. ITT inspections will commence under the revised handbook (published by Ofsted in June 2020) when regular inspections resume. As part of inspections, Ofsted will check each partnership's adherence to the ITT criteria, which requires the full implementation of the CCF for primary and secondary phases. The ITT criteria can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-criteria. The Ofsted framework and handbook for the inspection of ITT partnerships can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-education-ite-inspection-framework-and-handbook.