LATEST NEWS - ITT Mentor Training Times Announcement from the DfE

The 2024/25 Initial Teacher Training (ITT) criteria currently states that ITT providers should provide a minimum of 20 hours of initial general mentor training and 6 hours of annual refresher training; and that ITT providers should take into consideration relevant prior learning that a mentor has completed, which may reduce the total number of training hours they would need to complete. Having listened to feedback from ITT providers and schools, the DfE recognise that further flexibilities regarding the quantification of the initial mentor training times would be beneficial, particularly for mentors supporting trainees in second school placements. Therefore, the DfE have removed the 20-hour general mentor training and the 6-hour refresher training minimum time requirements, with immediate effect.

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