Initial Teacher Training
If you are considering a career in teaching, are ready to start looking for a training route or ready to apply, the ‘Get into Teaching’ website fee advice and support to help you on your journey into teaching. Get Into Teaching | Get Into Teaching GOV.UK (education.gov.uk)
If you are a school leader Manor Teaching School Hub can support you in attracting prospective teachers to the profession.
Initial Teacher Training with Manor Teaching School Hub
We partner with accredited provider Barr Beacon SCITT (School-Centred Initial Teacher Training) who have many years of experience and who provide both Primary and Secondary opportunities.
If you’re interested, sign up to a school experience day in one of our MAT schools here.
We have virtual and face-to-face events.
To book a free place please email us.
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"I can’t thank the staff at Manor Teaching School Hub enough for their encouragement and support throughout this year. Without them I wouldn’t be half the teacher I am today. I highly recommend the School Direct route at Manor!"
Niall
"From a young age, I always knew teaching was my passion of mine. I never thought that I would be able to stand in front of a class of 30 children but with all the help and support I have overcome my fears and enjoyed every single minute. I am thoroughly excited to start the next step in my teaching career as a ECT at Manor. I don't regret changing career!"
Nic
"From the moment I stepped through the door, I knew this was where I would be able to achieve my dream. It is a magical place, and every child is championed. I am so incredibly proud of what I have achieved and feel very excited to begin my teaching career. What an enormous privilege!"
Keysha
"My first placement was at Manor and I was able to immerse myself in the everyday life at the school. The class teacher and my mentor provided so much support and feedback. With them providing these strong foundations I was able to continue my journey knowing that I had the tools to succeed."
Liz
Teacher Training with
Manor Teaching School Hub
If you would like to train to teach in a local Outstanding school with placements in local primary schools across our excellent partnership, then training with Manor Teaching School Hub can offer this, helping you to fit a new career with your home life.
During your training year you will receive practical development sessions from highly experienced teachers who are also part of the early career framework (ECF) training provision. So you will have people around you who understand what you need now as well as understanding what you need for the next steps in your career. Your in-school placements will be local and offer you the opportunity to observe and learn from school-based practice at its best.
Click here to apply via the DfE Application portal with these details:
Early Years 3-7 course code G259
Primary Education 5-11 course code E451
How Your School Can Promote Teaching as a Career
Schools can sign up to the DfE service Manage School Experience to advertise dates where they can host a candidate for the day.
The service helps schools:
· advertise the experience they offer candidates at their school
· manage bookings and cancellations
· communicate with candidates
To set up a profile, schools will be asked to:
· describe your school
· outline the experience available
· outline any candidate requirements
· list your available school experience dates and subjects
· add other details such as dress code and parking details
Why should your school host trainees?
By providing placements in your school or Trust, you are able to help shape what trainees learn and experience. This high-quality professional development and support will give them the very best start to their teaching career. You are able to
grow them into experts in your own context, which will provide your trust or school with a great teacher of the future.
Hosting a trainee can offer a number of other benefits including:
· Tackling the national recruitment challenges
· Improving the national teacher retention challenges
· Supporting and fulfilling your schools' future teacher workforce
As a school leader you might also want to look at this video which explains some of the changes to initial teacher training from Sept 2024. Click here to watch.
Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Routes explained:
The most common route into teaching is the PGCE, which can be studied at university or as part of a school-based training programme.
QTS is a professional qualification for teachers that makes them eligible to work in schools in England. For many schools, such as state schools, the QTS is a requirement for teaching jobs. Other institutions like private schools, free schools and academies might employ teachers without QTS, but it’s still a useful qualification and many be desirable even in these institutions.
There are multiple ways of getting QTS.
A SCITT is a post-graduate teacher training route that will lead to QTS. This teacher training route is designed and delivered by schools linked to an accredited SCITT provider. Most of the training involves being in the classroom, teaching and learning alongside experienced teachers. You will gain experience in two contrasting school settings and two different key stages during the training and there will also be professional studies and subject based training session related to the theory of teaching, learning and classroom management.
A SCITT usually takes 1 academic year, although some providers also provide graduate SCITT routes.
Most SCITT programmes also involve studying for a Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE), and will be linked to a University for this.
PGCE courses based at university start with an academic focus that covers teaching, learning theory and managing classroom behaviour. You apply to study with a specific training provider/university and will conduct the majority of your study on campus. You’ll also get classroom experience, spending time teaching and being trained in at least two schools for a minimum of 24 weeks.
A graduate route for experienced unqualified teachers to achieve QTS.
This programme is offered by a number of universities, colleges and SCITTs, in England. If you are working as an unqualified teacher, you could achieve QTS via the Assessment Only route. If you have a degree and substantial experience of working in a school, early years, or further education setting, this option allows you to gain QTS without undergoing a teacher training programme.
University or school-led training programmes leading to EYTS.
A number of postgraduate Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) programmes are available via university or school-led training routes. All lead to Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) on successful completion. EYTS allows you to specialise in working with children up to five years old only.
An employment-based route that allows you earn a salary while you train.
Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeships are a new, nationally-recognised, work-based route into teaching. In addition to working towards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) on successful completion of the course, apprentices will also complete an end point assessment (EPA) after the summer to consolidate learning from initial teacher training.
Superb employment opportunities within partner MATs
Training in an Outstanding context with practicing primary experts
