National College for Teaching and Leadership
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) (inheritor of the site and functions of the National College for School Leadership (NCSL)) was an
executive agency An executive agency is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Nort ...
of the
Department for Education The Department for Education (DfE) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for child protection, child services, education (compulsory, further and higher education), apprenticeships and wider skills in England. A Department ...
(a
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
Government Ministry whose responsibilities extended to England only, not Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland). NCTL had two key aims, to improve academic standards by ensuring there was a well qualified and motivated teaching profession in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of the school system; and to support schools to help each other to improve. NCTL also supported the quality and status of the teaching profession by ensuring that in cases of serious professional misconduct, teachers were prohibited from teaching, had oversight of teachers' induction and awarded Qualified Teacher and Early Years Teacher Status. In April 2018 the National College for Teaching and Leadership was discontinued, its functions being absorbed by a new
Teaching Regulation Agency The Department for Education (DfE) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for child protection, child services, education (compulsory, further and higher education), apprenticeships and wider skills in England. A Department ...
for the regulation of the teaching profession, and by the Department for Education for other matters.


History

The National College for Teaching and Leadership was formed on 29 March 2013, merging the activities of the National College for School Leadership and the
Teaching Agency The Department for Education (DfE) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's Government responsible for child protection, child services, Education in England, educa ...
. NCSL had originally been established as a
non-departmental public body In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive to public sector organisations that have a role in the process of n ...
, but become an
executive agency An executive agency is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Nort ...
of the
Department for Education The Department for Education (DfE) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for child protection, child services, education (compulsory, further and higher education), apprenticeships and wider skills in England. A Department ...
on 1 April 2012. Established in 2000 as the National College for School Leadership, its physical centre – a learning and conference centre (LCC) situated in a striking building designed by Sir Michael Hopkins on the
Jubilee Campus The University of Nottingham operates from four campuses in Nottinghamshire and from two overseas campuses, one in Ningbo, China and the other in Semenyih, Malaysia. The Ningbo campus was officially opened on 23 February 2005 by the then Britis ...
of the
University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...
– was opened on 24 October 2002 by
Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...
. It cost £28m and was known as the '' Sandhurst of teachers''.


Key areas of work

The NCTL 2015–16 annual report and accounts sets out their key areas of operational delivery as follows: * Providing over £210m funding in the form of bursary and salary contributions to initial teacher training providers to meet the teacher trainee recruitment targets; * Delivering a range of projects to provide innovative solutions to the overall recruitment of teachers as well as subject specific recruitment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); * Designating and funding 576 Teaching Schools Alliances to develop school led initial teacher training activities, offering a range of continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for teachers and leading on school-to-school support; * Designating 1,134 national leaders of education to support schools in challenging circumstances; * Working with licensees to deliver national professional qualifications to secure 9,895 participants into headship programmes; * Managing over 1,000 referrals made during 2015–16 to consider allegations of serious misconduct against teachers, and holding case hearings to decide whether individuals should be prohibited from teaching in any school in England; * Delivering national teacher recruitment media, television and digital campaigns to attract people into the teaching profession.


See also

*
Training and Development Agency for Schools The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) was a body responsible for the initial and in-service training of teachers and other school staff in England. It was an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Education. ...


References


External links

* {{coord, 52.9499, -1.1865, type:edu_region:GB, display=title Education in England University of Nottingham Executive agencies of the United Kingdom government Organisations based in Nottinghamshire Organizations established in 2000 Organizations disestablished in 2018 Buildings and structures in Nottingham Teacher training colleges in the United Kingdom Department for Education