IfL’s Development Manager Lee Davies sees this as an exciting new development. “The database’s integration with the website should provide a number of interesting opportunities to develop CPD planning, recording and monitoring, online networks, virtual communities, file sharing and access to information.”

Reflecting on the choice of mtl Lee explained that they viewed positively mtl’s work with the General Teaching Councils for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

“mtl proved to be particularly responsive to the professional development requirements of teacher registration, concentrating on IfL’s existing CPD portal and integrating this into their proposals”