Minister of State for School Standards (): The Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy,
published in January 2019, committed to helping people become
teachers by introducing a new streamlined application system for
postgraduate initial teacher training. This application system,
known as the ‘Apply for Teacher Training’ service (“Apply”), is
easy to use and designed to better meet the needs of potential
trainees. The new service also ensures teacher training providers
can make accurate decisions on whether their applicants are right
for the courses they are offering.
During the October 2019 admissions cycle, this digital service
was piloted by a number of School Centred Initial Teacher
Training providers and schools across England. In October 2020,
the pilot was extended to eleven universities offering initial
teacher training courses. The service has been designed and
developed based on ongoing feedback from candidates,
universities, and schools to ensure it is as efficient and easy
to use as possible.
The new “Apply” service will fully replace the existing UCAS
Teacher Training service from the October 2021 admissions cycle.
I have instructed UCAS to decommission their teacher training
service and all applications to postgraduate initial teacher
training courses in England will be processed through the
Department’s new “Apply” service from October.
