Ofsted inspections of initial teacher training providers are set to be postponed for this academic year, Schools Week understands.
The ITT inspection cycle is due to start in January, but the inspectorate and the Department for Education are poised to announce this will be pushed back until January 2026, Schools Week understands.
Earlier this month, Schools Week revealed that Ofsted was in talks with the government over pushing back the start of the ITT inspection cycle.
NASBTT and the Universities Council for the Education Of Teachers have been lobbying for ITT inspections to be delayed until the 2025-2026 academic year, amid a slew of incoming Ofsted inspection framework changes following reforms introduced in September.
Providers are still waiting for promised guidance on how inspectors would assess these changes.
And one of those reforms, a requirement that mentors of trainee teachers must complete up to 20 hours of initial training, was also scrapped this month.
