Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub Mathematics (M666)

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

• Accredited body: Kent and Medway Training
• Financial support: Scholarships or bursaries, as well as student finance, are available 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: 11 to 18
• Course length: 1 year
• Date you can apply from: 11 October 2022
• Date course starts: September 2023
• Website: http://www.thamesgatewaytsh.org.uk

Contents

Course summary

KMT is an accredited provider of school based teacher training in the South East and across Kent. We welcome trainees from a wide variety of backgrounds and experience – be it recent graduates from university or experienced professionals looking for a change.

At KMT we’ll support you on your journey. You’ll train to teach in one of our partner schools, spending as much time as possible in the classroom with an experienced practitioner as your mentor. We believe that the most effective way to train to teach is to allow you to spend the maximum time possible in the classroom with an experienced practitioner.You’ll benefit from valuable classroom experience and be able to participate as an active member of the school community from day one. Throughout your training you’ll be supported and assessed as you progress towards Qualified Teacher Status, often referred to as QTS. Your teaching practice will be observed and you’ll receive guidance and support from your Mentors, Professional Tutors and your KMT hub team.

To begin the year, you will observe expert practitioners moving toward leading small parts of a lesson or working with small groups, until you are teaching 80% of a full timetable. You will focus on teaching KS3 and KS4 but may also get the opportunity to teach some KS5.

You will be in schools for four days a week where you will be involved in observations, teaching, staff training, parents’ evenings, school meetings, extra-curricular clubs: all the facets of a teacher’s school life. On Thursdays, you will have your pedagogical training with KMT that provides a mixture of specific Subject Studies, looking at aspects of teaching your specialism, and the more general Professional Studies sessions, which have a holistic approach to educational practices.

In addition, to complement Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and if you would like to engage more with educational research, you can opt to register for a Distance Learning PostGraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) with Leeds Beckett University.

School placements

You will have a ‘Home’ school which is where you will spend the majority of your training year, between September and January, and Easter and June. You will be learning how to teach your subject by slowly building up to teaching full lessons and then building up your number of lessons. You will be supported by a mixture of expert teachers.

You will also have a six-week placement in a contrasting school. For example, from a non selective to a Grammar School or a single-sex school to a mixed school. This will usually take place between February and Easter.

Locations

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

Location	Vacancies
Astor College Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent, CT17 0AS	Yes
Dover Christ Church Academy Melbourne Avenue, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 2EG	Yes
Dover Grammar School for Girls Frith Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 2PZ	Yes
Folkestone Academy Academy Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5FP	Yes
Fulston Manor School Brenchley Road, , Sittingbourne, , Kent, , ME10 4EG	Yes
Herne Bay High School Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS	Yes
Highworth Grammar School Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UD	No
Invicta Grammar School Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DS	Yes
REPLACE 1 REPLACE 1, ME2 2SX	No
Rainham Mark Grammar School Pump Lane, Rainham, Kent, ME8 7AJ	Yes
Rivermead School Forge Lane, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1UG	Yes
Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL	Yes
The Howard School Derwent Way, Rainham, Kent, ME8 0BX	Yes
The Hundred of Hoo Academy Main Road, Hoo, Rochester, Kent, ME3 9HH	Yes
The Lenham School Ham Lane, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2LL	Yes
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AL	Yes
Turner Free School Tile Kiln Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4PB	Yes
Valley Park School Huntsman Lane , Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DT	Yes

Entry requirements

Qualifications needed

An undergraduate degree, or equivalent.

Your degree subject should be in mathematics or a similar subject. Otherwise you’ll need to prove your subject knowledge in some other way.

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

We’ll consider candidates with pending GCSEs.

We will not consider candidates who need to take a GCSE equivalency test.

Personal qualities

In order to train with us you must be:

• passionate about your subject
• resilient and resourceful
• dedicated to educating and supporting young people
• self-reflective
• open to constructive criticism
• professional
• proactive
• a strong communicator
• be organised

Other requirements

Before the course begins, you will need:

• at least 10 experience days in a secondary school or academy
• at least 2 experience days in a primary school or academy
• DBS check
• Health check declaration

It is useful to attend at least one school experience day or informal chat with a school representative before applying so that you can get a feel for the chosen school and what it can offer as a training placement.

Fees and financial support

The course fees for 2023 to 2024 are as follows:

UK students	£7,495
International students	£7,495

Our fee is £7,495.

For those wishing to ‘top up’ their qualification to the full Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) a further £1,650 (subject to change) will be payable to the University of Leeds Beckett who are our PGCE accredited body. This fee is payable by both salaried and non-salaried trainees.

Financial support from the training provider

Find out about any financial support in terms of tax-free bursaries, tuition-fee loans or maintenance loans at the Get Into Teaching Website: Get Into Teaching

About the training provider

As one of the DfEs 87 Teaching School Hubs, our mission to ‘provide excellent professional development opportunities to support educators as they shape the lives of every child in our region’ drives our work. This evidence-based, comprehensive offer starts when colleagues enter the very first stages of their leadership journey with us and place a commitment to world-class Initial Teacher Training at the heart of our work.

Our partnership with KMT leads to exciting opportunities to provide professional development which enables our colleagues to thrive as they move through their ITT opportunities into their Early Career Teacher programmes and beyond.

We have led Initial Teacher Training for nearly ten years. Colleagues work with us from schools all over Medway and further afield. With our work underpinned by our core values of integrity and a shared ambition, a pursuit for being research led and a commitment to collaboration, our partnerships are rich and diverse. We are delighted to work with schools in every stage and phase, from Early Years to Post-16, with expertise in SEN, and with the full spectrum of specialisms.

We are proud of our commitment to mentoring and to working with our Curriculum Hubs to provide specialist curriculum support. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Seeing our children thrive is at the centre of all we do.

We are excited to welcome you to start your journey with us.

Interview process

KMT as an Equal Opportunities organisation will always ensure that fair procedures are being followed, therefore, a structured interview forms a core part of our recruitment process. To ensure transparency of our course content, a training provision checklist is made available to candidates prior to the interview.

Your interview will include:

• initial meeting between the candidate and the Hub Director to discuss the training provision;
• an introductory opening when the interview panel joins;
• a schedule of questions which are asked by panel members;
• space for candidates to raise any issues or ask their own questions;
• the close of the interview, explanation of what will happen next;

If you are successful at the interview, a conditional offer will be made.

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 value equality and believe in the uniqueness and worth of each individual, and the experience they bring. We look to work positively, capturing what’s good and building upon it, providing holistic support and nurture for both staff and pupils. We are therefore committed to working with colleagues who require additional support throughout their training.

Contact this training provider

• Email: enquiries@tgtsh.org.uk
• Telephone: 01634412265
• Website: http://www.thamesgatewaytsh.org.uk
• Address: Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub; Leigh Academies Trust c/o Strood Academy; Strood; Kent; ME2 2SX

Support and advice

You can speak to a teacher training adviser for free, dedicated advice. They are all experienced teachers who can give you one-to-one support with your application. They can also help you get school experience, and find events where you can speak to training providers and teachers.

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).

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