National College for Teaching and Leadership

National College for Teaching and Leadership
Abbreviation National College / NCTL
Formation 2013
Legal status Executive agency
Purpose Ensuring sufficient numbers of teacher and helping schools to help each other to improve.
Location
Region served
England
Chair
Roger Pope
Parent organization
Department for Education
Affiliations University of Nottingham
Website www.education.gov.uk/nationalcollege

The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) (previously known as the National College for School Leadership) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom's Department for Education. NCTL has two key aims, to improve academic standards by: ensuring there is a well-qualified and motivated teaching profession, in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of the school system; and to help schools to help each other to improve. NCTL also supports the quality and status of the teaching profession by ensuring that in cases of serious professional misconduct, teachers are prohibited from teaching[1][2] and oversees the induction process for teachers and awards Qualified Teacher Status and Early Years Teacher Status.[3]

History

The college's Learning and Conference Centre in Nottingham

The National College for Teaching and Leadership was formed on 29 March 2013 by merging the activities of the National College for School Leadership and the Teaching Agency.[3]

It had originally been established as a non-departmental public body, but became an executive agency of the Department for Education 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 of the University of Nottingham – was opened on 24 October 2002 by Tony Blair. It cost £28m and was known as the Sandhurst of teachers.[4]

Key areas of work

The NCTL 2015-16 annual report and accounts sets out their key areas of operational delivery as follows:[5]

See also

References

  1. "Teacher misconduct - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  2. "The Teachers' Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012". The Stationery Office. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "NCTL Framework Document" (PDF). gov.uk. November 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/481243.stm
  5. "National College for Teaching and Leadership Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2016" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

Coordinates: 52°57′00″N 1°11′11″W / 52.9499°N 1.1865°W / 52.9499; -1.1865

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