Training school

A training school is an official designation, awarded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, to schools in England that provide exceptional facilities for in-service and work experience training of teachers. There are around 230 training schools.[1]

For a juvenile correctional facility, see youth detention center.

They are described "As centres of excellence for training, Training Schools act as experts in adult learning and the transfer of skills, and provide a venue for high quality professional development."[2]

Initially, there was a requirement that a training school had to have High Performing Specialist Schools status. This requirement was removed in February 2010 to enable special schools to become training schools.[3]

Training School designation is no longer in use, it was superseded in England by Teaching Schools, many working with other schools and strategic partners to form a Teaching School Alliance. The first cohort of 100 Teaching Schools across 97 Teaching School Alliances were designated for the beginning of the 2011-2012 academic year.[4] Teaching Schools are themselves losing designation from 31st August 2021, with their role passing to regional Teaching School Hubs, of which there will be 87 across England.[5]

References
  1. "Training schools - FAQs" Archived 2007-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Department for Children, Schools and Families
  2. "What are Training Schools?" Archived 2009-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, Department for Children, Schools and Families
  3. "Salt Review" (PDF). www.teachernet.gov.uk/publications. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  4. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503333/Evaluation_of_Teaching_schools_FINAL_FOR_PUB_25_feb_final_.pdf
  5. "Teaching school hubs".


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