Mascalls Training Partnership Primary (324Y)

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

• Accredited body: Kent and Medway Training
• 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: 11 October 2022
• Date course starts: September 2023
• Website: http://www.mascallsacademy.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 school-based Mentor, KMT Lead Mentors and your KMT Hub Directors.

To begin the year, you will observe expert practitioners before initially leading small parts of a lesson or working with small groups. As you progress through the programme, your teaching commitment will gradually increase until you are teaching 80% of a full timetable from May onwards. You will also have a six-week placement at another school, which will offer you the opportunity to teach in the alternative Key Stage.

You will be school-based for four days per 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. Your central-based training will include both subject-specific sessions that cover all thirteen primary curricular areas and professional studies sessions that will equip you with a secure understanding of educational practices and theories. Central-based training follows a hybrid approach, with a mixture of in-person and remote sessions. Each week, your school-based mentor will help you put your learning into practice on your placement.

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 an A-placement school, which is where you will spend the majority of your training year, based in a particular year group and key stage. For a period of six weeks at a point between Christmas and Easter, you will be based at your B-placement school, which is organised for you by KMT, in order to gain experience teaching the alternative key stage. Over the year, you will learn how to teach across both KS1 and KS2 by first slowly building up to teaching full lessons, and then by building up the number of lessons you teach. You will be supported by a mixture of expert teachers and leaders within your placement schools and by the primary team at KMT.

You will be in placement from the beginning of the academic year, with QTS being awarded at the start of July. You will attend a full induction with KMT prior to starting in your school placement.

Locations

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

Location	Vacancies
Amherst Primary School WITCHES LANE, RIVERHEAD, SEVENOAKS, KENT, TN13 2AX	Yes
Four Elms Primary School Bough Beech Road, Four Elms , Edenbridge , Kent, TN8 6NE	Yes
Horsmonden Primary Academy Back Lane, Horsmonden, Kent, TN12 8NJ	Yes
Lady Boswell’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3RW	Yes
Leigh Primary School The Green , Leigh , Tonbridge , Kent, TN11 8QP	Yes
Long Mead Community Primary School Waveney Road , Tonbridge , Kent, TN10 3JU	Yes
Marden Primary School 1 Goudhurst Road, Marden, TN12 9JQ	Yes
Paddock Wood Primary Academy Old Kent Road, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6JD	Yes
Riverhead Infants School Worships Hill , Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2AS	Yes
Royal Rise Primary School Royal Rise, , Tonbridge,, Kent, , TN9 2DQ	Yes
Sevenoaks Primary School Bradbourne Park Road , Sevenoaks , Kent , TN13 3LB	Yes
Shoreham Village School Church Street, Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent , TN14 7SN	Yes
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School Church Road, Stone Street, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0LN	Yes
St Pauls’ Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School School Lane, Swanley Village, Kent, BR8 7PJ	Yes
St. Edmund’s Church of England Primary School Fawkham Road, , West Kingsdown, , Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6JP	Yes
Woodlands Primary School Hunt Road, Tonbridge , Kent, TN10 4BB	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 accept Level 2 in English and Maths only. Level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy are not accepted. We accept equivalency in a single science (e.g. Biology)

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 primary school or academy
• at least 2 experience days in a secondary 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

Mascalls Training partnership is a great place to work and train. It provides a fantastic school based learning opportunity in partnership with Kent and Medway Training (KMT). Our vision, Academic excellence -Character - Culture prepares our students to be independent, resilient and responsible citizens.

We have the same high expectations of our trainees – Excellence - aspire to be the best; Character - you can be an outstanding teacher (you will be supported by our Professional Mentor team who will help you build your confidence as a teacher); Culture - successfully complete the training programme as an outstanding teacher in a supportive environment.

You would be part of an organisation where we pride ourselves on high academic achievement, where personal qualities are valued highly and where the atmosphere is friendly and purposeful. We enjoy a great reputation in the area and one that will develop your career; we have a fantastic track record and there are numerous opportunities for professional development.

Mascalls Training Partnership comprises Mascalls School, Hugh Christie technology college, St Gregory’s catholic school, Skinners Kent academy, High Weald academy, Hayesbrook school and a variety of primary schools.

Our staff are very experienced in working with trainees and you will have the opportunity to work with a range of teachers with a variety of specialisms. Trainees will each have a bespoke training programme and access to a large team of experienced Professional Mentors. We are totally committed to providing excellent training opportunities for our next generation of teachers.

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;
• reading a book to a group of children;
• 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

If you have any special needs or disabilities please contact us for further discussion. We have experience of successfully supporting trainees with specific needs and disabilities.

Contact this training provider

• Email: mike.illsley@mascallsacademy.org.uk
• Telephone: 01892 835366
• Website: http://www.mascallsacademy.org.uk
• Address: Mascalls Academy; Maidstone Road; Paddock Wood; Tonbridge; TN12 6LT

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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