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Showing schools with relevant education phases when attaching schools

Exploration into displaying only schools with the relevant education phases when attaching schools to courses, and why we didn't pursue it.

Publish teacher training courses

16 September 2026

Improving how schools are managed and removed from accounts

We improved school management in Publish for large providers. User testing showed the changes would save time and make it easier to maintain accurate school relationships in Publish.

Publish teacher training courses

3 September 2026

Adding the ability to export basic course and school information

Research showed large providers needed course exports. A single CSV caused excessive duplication and was hard to use, so we split it into separate course and school exports. Testing showed this was more useful for providers.

Publish teacher training courses

3 September 2026

Improving visibility of training partner course information

Research found accredited providers struggled to quality assure training partner courses. We improved course lists, added links to live courses and expanded CSV exports. Testing showed simpler CSVs with key course data were useful.

Publish teacher training courses

3 September 2026

Improvements to copying content from another course

Providers struggled to identify the correct course when copying content. Adding key course details to the dropdown improved confidence and made selecting the right course easier during testing.

Publish teacher training courses

3 September 2026

Adding ability to update multiple courses at a time

Design iterations to allow providers to make a change to a course, and apply the change to multiple courses at a time.

Publish teacher training courses

8 July 2026

Improving attaching schools to courses

Design iterations to help providers find a school in a long list, and make and apply changes to the placement schools attached to courses.

Publish teacher training courses

26 June 2026

Adding filters and course information to the course list

Design iterations to improve how providers can view and compare courses by, and see groups of courses.

Publish teacher training courses

25 June 2026

Improving the provider onboarding process in Publish

This post outlines the design and build of the new provider onboarding MVP in Publish. It highlights how we addressed key provider onboarding issues and suggests future improvements to improve the provider and support team experience.

Publish teacher training courses

25 February 2026

Moving our Publish design histories to the central DfE site

This post explains that our Publish teacher training courses design histories have moved to the central DfE design histories site. Older entries remain on the original site, which now links to the new location for all future updates.

Publish teacher training courses

15 January 2026