Initial Teacher Training 2022/23 - Placement School
Initial Teacher Training 2022/23Fields required from institutions in EnglandPlacement School | return to field list |
Type | field | ||||
Short name | PLMNTSCH | ||||
Description |
This field describes a school where a trainee is undertaking a placement. | ||||
Applicable to | England | ||||
Coverage | Student.Placement where applicable. | ||||
Notes |
Placements for trainees can be added at any time. For example, a trainee’s first known placement can be added at the census date, and when a trainee starts their second placement this can be included in the next HESA update in April or July. A trainee should have at least two placements during their training. This field should contain the placement school's Unique Reference Number (URN), as shown on Get information for schools website. Training programmes are designed to provide trainee teachers with sufficient time being trained in schools, early years and/or further education settings to enable them to demonstrate that they have met all the standards for QTS. This means they would typically be structured to include at least the following periods of time to be spent in training in schools, early years or further education settings:
Extract from current ITT Criteria located on gov.uk. These time periods show the minimum number of days a trainee should spend in all their placements combined, not the number of days they should spend in one placement. Note: If a trainee has been to more than five placements, they should return the five they were at for the longest period of time. Where the placement school does not have a URN, the below generic codes should be used:
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Quality rules |
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Reason required | To allow the DfE to track and analyse where trainees are on their placements. | ||||
Part of | |||||
Field length | 6 | ||||
Minimum occurrences | 1 | ||||
Maximum occurrences | 1 | ||||
Schema components |
Element: PLMNTSCH
Data type: URNType | ||||
Owner | Department for Education | ||||
Version | 1.1 | ||||
Date modified | 2022-06-28 | ||||
Change management notes | Guidance updated to clarify when placement data should be returned. |
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