Inspire and Bosco Sussex Chemistry (2DPT)

PGCE with QTS, full time or part time

• Accredited body: University of Sussex
• Financial support: Scholarships or bursaries, as well as student finance, are available if you’re eligible
• Qualification:
  PGCE with QTS

  A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may 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.

  Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master’s degree.

• Course length: 1 year
• Date you can apply from: 13 October 2020
• Date course starts: September 2021
• Website: http://www.inspiretsa.co.uk/

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About the course

This is a school- based route but delivered and quality assured in partnership with the University of Sussex. Schools in our alliance are committed to supporting the needs of trainees by treating them as members of staff. Schools will want to foster relationships with potential applicants via email and school visits.

Our School Direct includes a full PGCE with 60 Master’s credits from the university. This is an important feature of our offer to applicants as we, as an alliance, are committed to research and evidence based teaching approaches.

During the course you will learn to:

• Express the values, virtues and expectations of successful professionals, challenging learners to fulfil their potential and enjoy learning

• Secure a strong subject knowledge and critical appreciation of the curriculum and pedagogy in subject specialisms

• Plan, teach and reflect upon successful teaching and learning strategies, and their impact on pupil progress

• Anticipate and respond to the different learning, motivation and personal abilities and needs of individuals, groups and classes

• Develop effective classroom management techniques which promote good behaviour

• Assess the progress pupils make, and the ways in which this can be enriched

• Establish an understanding of a range of whole-school issues, the values and assumptions that underpin them, and their application to school and classroom practice

• Meet the professional requirements for conduct and practice as set out in the Teacher Standards

School placements

You will have a ‘home’ and ‘away’ school placements over the course of the year. You will usually start in your home school in September at the beginning of term and then go on two weeks induction at the university. After this you will be on first placement at your home school. Your average week will be 4 days at school and 1 day (a Friday) at the university. This first placement phase lasts until February half-term. After this one-week break, you will go to your ‘away’ school. This will offer some kind of contrast to your first placement school to support your meeting the Teacher Standards. This short placement will come to an end at Easter and then you will return to your home school for the last 6 weeks of the course. We feel this sense of a home school supports developed professional relationships with colleagues and students anchoring your practice and development as a teacher.

Fees

The course fees for UK students in 2021 to 2022 are £9,250.

Financial support

You could be eligible for either:

• a scholarship of £26,000
• a bursary of £24,000

To qualify for a scholarship you’ll need a degree of 2:1 or above in Chemistry or a related subject. For a bursary you’ll need a 2:2 or above in any subject.

You can’t claim both a bursary and a scholarship - you can only claim one.

Find out how to apply for a scholarship. You don’t need to apply for a bursary - if you’re eligible, you’ll automatically start receiving it once you begin your course. Find out how you’ll be paid.

You may also be eligible for a loan while you study – note that you’ll have to apply for undergraduate student finance.

Find out about financial support if you’re from outside the UK.

Requirements

Qualifications

• UK university Undergraduate degree or recognised equivalent

• Grade C/4 or above in GCSE English Language and Mathematics or equivalent

• You will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service clearance application form to verify your suitability to work with young people

• Health Check – fitness to teach

About the training provider

Inspire and Bosco have strong links to a range of different schools in the Sussex region. We are committed to providing an environment for teachers to thrive whether they are at the start of their training year or whether they aspire to be headteachers.

Our partnership of schools is not geographically rooted in one area of Sussex. The lead school for Inspire is St Paul’s Catholic College in Burgess Hill and the lead school for Bosco is St Philip Howard Catholic School in Barnham but our partnership is made up of faith schools, state comprehensives, primary and secondary schools, a special school and also independent schools. We are geographically spread from Brighton to Chichester and Crawley to Worthing. We believe we have a responsibility to make teaching an enriching, fulfilling and manageable career.

Training with disabilities and other needs

We aim to support all prospective teachers to ensure that our teaching workforce reflects the communities we serve.

Contact details

• Email: info@inspiretsa.co.uk
• Telephone: 01444873905
• Website: http://www.inspiretsa.co.uk/
• Address: Inspire and Bosco Sussex; C/O St Paul's Catholic College; Jane Murray Way; Burgess Hill; RH15 8GA

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Choose a training location

You’ll also need to choose a training location – select the relevant location name on the application form.

Location	Vacancies	Code
Downlands Community School Dale Ave, Hassocks, EAST SUSSEX, BN6 8LP	Yes	D
Ormiston Six Villages Academy Lime Ave, Westergate, Chichester, WEST SUSSEX, PO203UE	Yes	O
Sackville School Lewes Road, East Grinstead, WEST SUSSEX, RH19 3TY	Yes	8
St Oscar Romero Catholic School Goring Street, Worthing, WEST SUSSEX, BN12 5AF	Yes	C
St Paul’s Catholic College Jane Murray Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 8GA	Yes	P
St Wilfrid s Catholic School St Wilfrid s Way, Old Horsham Road, Crawley, WEST SUSSEX, RH11 8PG	Yes	7
St. Philip Howard Catholic High School Elm Grove South, Barnham, WEST SUSSEX, PO22 0EN	Yes	6
Warden Park Academy Broad Street, Cuckfield, West Sussex, RH17 5DP	Yes	2

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