Initial Teacher Training

Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) is leading the reform of initial teacher/tutor/trainer education in England (ITTTE), as part of the further education workforce reforms.

For current ITTTE activity on the development of a teacher qualifications framework for the lifelong learning sector in England, please click on the link.

LLUK has also produced a guidance document for awarding institutions on teacher roles and initial teacher training qualifications, including generic and literacy, numeracy and ESOL teaching qualifications.

LLUK is also responsible for developing units of assessment, which make up the new Skills for Life and generic teaching qualifications, as well as new professional standards for teacher/ tutor/ trainer education in the lifelong learning sector.

Evaluations of the new generic teaching qualifications are now available, as is the table of endorsed initial teacher training qualifications.

Similarly, the first stage of a new tariff of 'legacy' qualifications is also now available, as Standards Verification UK leads on establishing how such qualifications map to the new 'Equipping our Teachers for the Future' requirements in England.

How to find out more

For further information about how the reform of initial teacher/tutor/trainer education in England will affect you, please visit the further education workforce reforms area of the website.

To download archived information about the ITTTE project or the further education teachers' qualifications (England) regulations 2007, please click on the appropriate link.

Alternatively, please contact the LLUK Information and Advice Service, staffed by experienced practitioners and teacher trainers offering free specialist advice on all aspects of working in the lifelong learning sector. The service also includes the national reference point for Skills for Life professional development.