Important

Courses are currently closed but you can get your application ready

Courses starting in the 2022 to 2023 academic year are closed.

You can start or continue your application to get it ready for courses starting in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.

You’ll be able to find courses from 9am on 4 October 2022 and submit your application from 9am on 11 October 2022.

Surrey South Farnham SCITT Primary (2ML5)

QTS full time

• Financial support: Student finance if you’re eligible
• Qualification:
  QTS

  Qualified teacher status (QTS) allows you to teach in state schools in England and may also allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.

  It may also allow you to teach overseas, though you should always check what qualifications are needed in the country you’d like to teach in.

• Age range: 5 to 11
• Course length: 1 year
• Date you can apply from: 12 October 2021
• Date course starts: September 2022
• Website: http://www.ssfscitt.org.uk

Apply

Courses are currently closed but you can still start or continue an application anyway.

You’ll be able to:

• find courses starting in the 2023 to 2024 academic year from 9am on 4 October 2022
• submit your application from 9am on 11 October 2022

Contents

Course summary

Surrey South Farnham SCITT is an innovative, OFSTED outstanding, well established and highly respected provider of Primary Initial Teacher Training working across the South East including Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex, Berkshire and the London Boroughs of Suton, Croydon and Kingston. We have a reputation for being amongst the best school-led teacher training providers in the country (Good Teacher Training Guide 2015 and 2017).

Our School Direct Primary programme is built around trainees having an on-going experience in a local host school, a six week experience in a contrasting school and enhancement opportunities within other partnership schools.

As a primary provider our programmes cover the 5 - 11 age phase and you will be assessed within either the 5 - 9 age range (covering early years, KS1 and lower KS2), 5 - 11 age range (covering KS1 and KS2) or 7 - 11 age range (covering KS2).

Trainees are in school for four days each week, this includes school-based training time to observe experienced colleagues or undertake course requirements. A gradual increase of teaching commitments starts with co-delivery of aspects of a lesson building to whole lessons. As confidence increases you will deliver sequences of lessons and work up to three to four days a week by July 2023. One day each week is spent off site at your local cohort’s professional studies training.

SSF provides a diverse and engaging programme of weekly professional studies training, covering the range of primary curriculum subjects, SEND, behaviour management, EAL and others. Training is led by a team of local and national experts and outstanding primary practitioners. Each year the training has a 100% good or very good rating, but is constantly reviewed and updated to keep pace with the changing primary school landscape and national priorities.

We recognise that location is an important factor for you so we run training in geographical cohorts and build local support networks (2022/23 hubs are Farnham, Reigate, Leatherhead, Solent and Cobham).

Consideration of trainee workload underpins programme design and structure. Personalised training plans ensure a steady pace and deadlines are carefully scheduled/do not overlap. Every trainee is allocated a school mentor and external support tutor to ensure that training is tailored to individual needs.

Assessment is continuous and includes observations of your teaching, professional development tasks, articulation of practice using clear and transparent criteria. Judgements are based on trainee’s ability to teach across the primary curriculum.

School placements

Trainees are based in various schools across the South East including, Farnham, Hampshire, West Sussex, Berkshire and the London Boroughs of Sutton, Croydon and Kingston, new schools join us each year. We make every effort to place trainees based upon where they live, accessibility and to ensure that the placement is appropriate to their needs. Please click here to view our website and current partnership schools.

There are opportunities to experience two schools, visit a special educational needs school and to look at secondary, early years and EAL provision (pupils with English as an additional language).

A benefit of our programme is that you will know which partner school you are to be placed in before attending a welcome meeting in late June/early July. This gives our trainees the advantage of being able to make links with their new school team before the programme starts.

We always welcome the opportunity to speak to Head teachers and senior leaders about becoming involved, particularly where a potential candidate is being supported by a school not currently in the partnership.

Locations

You can select one of the following locations when you apply.

Location	Vacancies
Amesbury School Hazel Grove, Hindhead, GU26 6BL	No
Barncroft Primary School Park Lane, Havant, PO9 3HN	No
Barnsbury Primary School Almond Avenue, Woking, Surrey, GU22 0BB	No
Beacon Hill Community Primary School Beacon Hill Road, Hindhead, GU26 6NR	No
Beauclerc Infant and Nursery School French Street, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5LE	No
Burstow Primary School Wheelers Lane, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9PT	No
Buryfields Infant School Buryfields, Odiham, Hampshire, RG29 1NE	No
Claygate Primary School Foley Lane, Claygate, Surrey, KT10 0NB	No
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Chestnut Grove, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 3JU	No
Crondall Primary School Croft Lane, Crondall, Hampshire, GU10 5QG	No
Earlswood Schools Brambletye Park Road, Redhill, RH1 6JX	No
Epsom Downs Primary School and Children’s Centre St Leonards Road, Epsom Downs, Surrey, KT18 5RJ	No
Ewell Grove Primary School 29 West Street, Ewell, Epso, Surrey, KT17 1UZ	No
Federation of Trosnant Schools Stock Heath Lane, Havant, PO9 3BD	No
Godstone Primary School and Nursery Ivy Mill Lane, Godstone, RH9 8NH	No
Hale Primary Academy Upper Hale Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 0LR	No
Haslemere - training location 1 Lion Lane, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1JF	No
Haslemere - training location 2 Lower Road, Grayswood, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2DR	No
Highfield South Farnham School Weydon Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8QH	No
Holy Trinity C of E Junior School Addison Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3QF	No
Horndean C of E Junior School Five Heads Road, Waterlooville, PO8 9NW	No
Horsham - training location Freeman Road, Horsham, West Susssex, RH12 3QR	No
Hurst Park Primary School Hurst Road, West Molesey, Surrey, KT8 1QS	No
Kenyngton Manor Primary School Bryony Way, off Beechwood Avenue, Sunbury on Thames, TW16 7QL	No
Kingswood Primary School Buckland Road, Kingswood, Tadworth, KT20 7EA	No
Lime Tree Primary School South Bank Terrace, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 6DG	No
Lingfield Primary School Vicarage Road, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6HA	No
Main Site Menin Way, Farnham, GU9 8DY	No
Manby Lodge Infant School Princes Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9DA	No
Maybury Primary School Walton Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5DW	No
Mengham Infant School St Marys Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9DD	No
Mill Rythe Infant School Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0PA	No
Morelands Primary School Crookhorn Lane, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5QL	No
New Haw Community Junior School The Avenue, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3RL	No
North Farnborough Infant School Rectory Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8AJ	No
Ongar Place Primary School Milton Road, Addlestone, KT15 1NY	No
Ravenscote Junior School Old Bisley Road, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 9RE	No
Reigate - training location 1 Reigate Hill, Regiate, Surrey, RH2 9PF	No
Reigate - training location 2 Sycamore Walk, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 7LR	No
Reigate Priory Junior School Bell Street, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 7RL	No
Saxon Primary School Briar Road, Shepperton, TW17 0JB	No
Send CE Primary School Send Barns Lane, Send, Send, Woking, GU23 7BS	No
Solent - training location Middle Park Way, Havant, PO9 4BU	No
South Farnborough Junior School Cunnington Road, Farnborough, GU14 6PL	No
St Martin’s C of E VA Schools Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7AD	No
St. Martin’s C of E Controlled Primary School Ranmore Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1HW	No
St. Mary’s C of E Primary School Silkham Road, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0NP	No
St. Peter’s Church of England (Aided) Junior School Church Avenue, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 7AP	No
Sythwood Primary School Sythwood, Woking, Surrey, GU21 3AX	No
The Dawnay Primary School Griffin Way, Great Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 4JJ	No
The Echelford School Park Road, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW15 1EX	No
The Greville Primary School Stonny Croft, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 1SH	No
The Raleigh School Northcote Crescent, West Horsley, KT24 6LX	No
Tillingbourne Junior School New Road, Chilworth, Surrey, GU4 8NB	No
Yattendon School Oakwood Road, Horley, Surrey, RH6 7BZ	No

Entry requirements

Qualifications needed

An undergraduate degree, or equivalent.

Grade 4 (C) or above in English, maths and science, or equivalent qualification.

We’ll consider candidates with pending GCSEs.

We’ll consider candidates who need to take a GCSE equivalency test in English, maths or science.

We would urge candidates to book through: www.equivalencytesting.com

Personal qualities

We are looking for people with the desire and passion to challenge and inspire children. Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, resilience and determination are essential qualities.

Other requirements

All ITT providers are asked to ensure that all entrants take part in a rigorous process designed to assess their suitability to train to teach.
This includes:

• Health and physical capacity to teach
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

All teachers are expected to be competent in fundamental English and mathematics. By the end of the training year, all trainees must be able to demonstrate competence in the following areas:

• speaking, listening and communicating
• writing
• mathematical calculations and problems
• use of data and graphs to interpret information

Fees and financial support

The course fees for UK students in 2022 to 2023 are £8,680.

About the training provider

SSF (Surrey South Farnham) SCITT is an innovative, OFSTED outstanding, well established and highly respected provider of Primary Initial Teacher Training working across Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, West Sussex and the London Boroughs of Sutton, Croydon and Kingston.

There are many reasons why we are the first choice for so many trainees and schools and we have a reputation for being amongst the best school-led teacher training providers in the country (Good Teacher Training Guide 2015 and 2017). Our CEO Sir Andrew Carter OBE has led a national review of teacher training and we feature as a case study in the National Mentor Standards.

Our trainees are highly sought after and we deliver upon an expectation of employment every year. Trainee and school feedback consistently rates the programme as being outstanding. We are the largest school-led, primary provider in the region and are praised for our personalised approach to every trainee.

School-led training enables you to learn in a school environment and treated as a member of the school team from day one. You will be surrounded by experienced colleagues and guided through a gradual integration into teaching a class of children. The programme will be tailored to meet your needs and you will be supported by a Mentor and Support Tutor. Weekly professional studies sessions are led by a team of national experts and primary educationalists.

Interview process

Once we have received your application through DfE Apply we will check that you meet eligibility criteria. Your personal statement will be read by the Director of ITT .

We will shortlist and invite successful applicants for an interview (we hold interviews each week). These will be held at the lead school, South Farnham School (Menin Way, Farnham GU9 8DY). You would be placed into a school local to you . Weekly professional studies training takes place at venues across the region (currently Farnham, Reigate, Leatherhead, Solent and Cobham) to ensure ease of travel and to create local support networks for our trainees.

The interview will consist of:

• a panel interview with Head teacher / senior leads from two partnership schools
• a short teaching task (five minutes) where you will teach a given skill to the two panel members
• core subject tests to assess your competency in Mathematics and English (these give us a greater insight into your training needs and enable us to offer subject knowledge enhancement)
• an opportunity to ask questions and explore your personal training needs, placement school and programme options

If successful we will make you an offer through DfE Apply that day. Conditions will include qualification and DBS checks.

International candidates

You’ll need the right to study in the UK. You already have this if, for example, you:

• are an Irish citizen
• have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (you may still be able to apply)
• have indefinite leave to remain in the UK

If you do not already have the right to study in the UK, you may need to apply for a visa. The main visa for fee-paying courses (those that you have to pay for) is the Student visa.

To apply for a Student visa, you’ll need to be sponsored by your training provider.

Sponsorship is not available for this course.

If you need a visa, filter your course search to find courses with visa sponsorship.

Alternatively, check if you’re eligible for a different type of visa, such as a Graduate or Family visa, that allows you to train to be a teacher without being sponsored.

Find out more about training to teach in England.

International qualifications

If your qualifications come from a non-UK institution, we may want to see a ‘statement of comparability’ from UK ENIC. This will show us how they compare to UK qualifications.

You can call Get Into Teaching on 0800 389 2500 for:

• guidance on the UK equivalents of your qualifications
• a free statement of comparability once you’ve submitted your application (if we ask you for this)

Training with disabilities and other needs

We pride ourselves in being an equal opportunities provider that encourages and welcomes applicants from under-represented groups, accepting trainees onto our programmes by merit alone.

Contact this training provider

• Email: scitt@sfet.org.uk
• Telephone: 01252 717408
• Website: http://www.ssfscitt.org.uk
• Address: Menin Way; Farnham; GU9 8DY

Support and advice

For support and advice, you can speak to a teacher training adviser for free. They’re all experienced teachers who can help you to prepare your application, book school experience, and access exclusive teaching events.

You can also call Get Into Teaching free of charge on 0800 389 2500, or chat online Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm (except public holidays).

Find out about the different ways to train if you do not have a degree, or are already an experienced teacher.

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Apply

Courses are currently closed but you can still start or continue an application anyway.

You’ll be able to:

• find courses starting in the 2023 to 2024 academic year from 9am on 4 October 2022
• submit your application from 9am on 11 October 2022