Initial Teacher Training Market Review (ITT)
DFE · DFE_0051_2122-Q3 · Last reported March 2024
Department page: Department for Education
| Data as at | Rating | End date | Whole-life cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Green (the department's own assessment) | 30 September 2024 | £56m (price basis not stated) |
Each year’s cost is shown with its price basis. Costs are not compared between years: the March 2024 and March 2025 reports state no price basis, and from March 2026 costs are in 2024/25 prices.
The department’s commentary
This is the department’s own commentary. It may use different prices from the table above, so its figures may not match.
March 2024
Rating: Compared to financial year 22/23-Q4, Senior Responsible Owner's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating at 23/24-Q4 decreased from Amber to Green. This is primarily due to the following factors. The ITT Reform programme is on track to deliver reformed ITT for trainees from September 2024. The Stage 1 accreditation process is complete with 179 providers accredited to deliver ITT from September 2024. In February 2024, ITT census data and intelligence from providers and the sector showed an estimate of 97% of ITT provision retained overall compared to 2021/22 levels, across both primary and secondary ITT. The curriculum check concluded in October 2023. the final assessment of readiness of providers to deliver key elements of the reforms completed in March 2024 with the analysis to be available in April 2024. Additional time is being considered to be given to selected providers until June to finalise their readiness. Analytical resource has begun to develop evaluation plan in March 2024, to receive ministerial approval in April-May 2024. Programme has been de-escalated from Amber to Green in February. IPA have reclassified programme as a Tier B GMPP programme given progress made and the reduced risk agreed in the latest potential assessment
Schedule: Compared to financial year 22/23-Q4, the project's end-date at 23/24-Q4 remained schedule to finish on 2024-09-30. This is primarily due to the following factors. The programme is on track for completion in Sep 24. A Gate 5 closure review is scheduled for Jul 24 and a target Operating Model has been developed as part of the formal closure for the transition and handover to business-as-usual teams.
Cost: Compared to financial year 22/23-Q4, the project's departmental-agree Whole Life Cost at 23/24-Q4 remained at 56m. This is primarily due to the following factors. Programme costs are made up of a combination of projected grant costs, capital costs and programme funded staff.
Source: IPA Annual Report 2023-24 (data)
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