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<p>We recognise the importance of having a diverse teaching workforce. It enriches
our schools, benefits our teachers and supports more diverse role models for our young
people.</p><p>The department is building and rolling out a new application service
for initial teacher training (ITT). ‘Apply for teacher training’ has been designed
and extensively tested with a diverse range of potential applicants, to ensure it
helps remove barriers to potentially great teachers applying for ITT courses. ‘Apply
for teacher training’ is currently in public beta, running alongside the existing
application service for teacher training: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-teacher-training"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-teacher-training</a>. As we roll the
service out further, we will continue to develop and test interventions to support
people from diverse backgrounds to become teachers<em>.</em></p><p>The department’s
‘Teaching – Every Lesson Shapes A Life’ recruitment campaign is targeted at audiences
of students, recent graduates and potential career changers inclusive of all ethnicities,
and we take every effort to ensure that our advertising is fully reflective of this
across the full range of marketing materials we use.</p><p>Our two most recent TV
advertisements reflect the diversity of the profession, featuring teachers from black,
Asian and ethnic minorities (BAME) in both primary and secondary settings. We also
feature BAME teachers across the rest of our campaign, including in newspapers, email
communications, printed information materials, on the internet and across social media,
which helps us to achieve this balance overall.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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