Guidance
Register to provide a specified ITT (FE) course
Providers of initial teacher training for further education must register with the Department for Education before the start of the 2026 to 2027 academic year.
Applies to England
Initial teacher training (ITT) providers intending to deliver a specified ITT (FE) course must use this form to register.
You’ll need:
- the legal name of your organisation
- your
- details of the specified ITT (FE) courses you intend to offer in the 2026 to 2027 academic year
- Ofqual qualification numbers for all Ofqual-regulated qualifications offered at Level 5
- details of any validating or franchising agreements, including the UKPRN of any validating or franchising partner institutions
Make sure you have all the information you need before you start. You will not be able to save your progress.
The form follows the same sequence of questions set out in the registration requirements for providers of specified further education initial teacher education courses. This guidance provides more detail on each question.
The , which mandates registration with DfE, . They have legal effect from the 2026 to 2027 academic year onwards.
Updates to this page
Published 5 May 2026