Hollis at home on her smallholding in Lincolnshire‘Most challenging professional period’Hollis dives straight in, describing a turbulent five years for teacher trainers. Also the most heartbreaking.”The sector had only just started to rally after “the horror” of the pandemic when, in 2021, the government unleashed its devastating initial teacher training (ITT) market review. The sector has “kept showing up”, training teachers and being positive, “no matter how broken they were”. She later took over the department that ran initial teacher training, joined NASBTT’s management team in January 2016 and took over as executive director the following year, then CEO in 2024. “It is just impossible.”The new initial teacher training and early career framework (ITTECF) aims to place more of a focus on SEND and mental health.