On 18 March 2020, the government announced that schools, colleges and early years settings would close as part of a broader range of measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Given the impact on teacher training providers, UCAS and the department agreed to extend all decline by default (DBD) and reject by default (RBD) decision dates for a period of 4 weeks, up until 20 April 2020 at the earliest.
We communicated this information to candidates by:
- sending an emailing warning them that their applications may be processed slower, and to check the deadlines on their application dashboard
- adding banners to the application and dashboard pages informing candidates that applications may be processed more slowly
- adding information about extended deadlines to confirmation page
- updating notification emails, replacing references to remaining working days with less precise language
Email sent to candidates
- Subject
- There might be a delay in processing your teacher training application
Dear ((candidate_name))
Given the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on schools and universities, your teacher training application might be processed more slowly than usual.
To check the status of your application, sign in to Apply for teacher training https://www.apply-for-teacher-training.education.gov.uk/candidate/sign-in?u=[token]
If you have any questions about this, you can contact us at becomingateacher@digital.education.gov.uk
Screenshots#
Information banner on ‘Your application’ page#
Information banner on ‘Application dashboard’ page#
Updated confirmation page#
