A professional challenge for science educators

Continuing professional development (CPD) is key to improvement in pupil and teacher outcomes, yet teachers in England are not yet entitled to participate in it. Wellcome’s CPD programme aims to ensure that all teachers have access to high quality, predominantly subject-focused CPD annually, all of which is aligned to their own professional development needs. As part of this programme, Wellcome has funded a pilot study to understand how schools would implement a CPD entitlement for teachers alongside work to design, develop and test a system to quality assure CPD provision.