Peter Pan Training Partnership Primary (365Q)

QTS full time

• Accredited body: Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership
• 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.peterpantrainingpartnership.co.uk

Contents

About the course

THIS IS OUR PRIMARY (5-11) QTS ONLY PROGRAMME

You will spend time in school every week, which allows application of theoretical learning to your classroom practice. Training is front-loaded to the Autumn term, which means more time in school during the Summer term, to prepare you for being a fully-fledged NQT. Whilst in school, you will observe successful teachers; teach children in small groups up to whole classes; plan and deliver learning to children (with coaching and mentoring from your expert School Based Trainer) and join in with school-led training opportunities.

We assess your skills as teachers by judging your impact on the outcomes for the children you are teaching. You will present information for assessment in written formats, portfolios, presentations and tutorial discussions. All assessments are continuous throughout the year through individual tasks and group projects.

Core Training takes place through our accredited provider, Two Mile Ash ITT at their dedicated training centre and provides inspirational, hands-on training from safeguarding to subject knowledge; behaviour management to building resilience; time management to stress management, and much more.  Training days provide an opportunity for the cohort to share experiences, while learning from our expert trainers. These sessions provide you with ‘headspace’ and an opportunity to reflect on teaching as well as learning new skills and pedagogies to take back to school.

School placements

All our Partnership schools are selected on the basis of their effectiveness and expertise. The Partnership thrives because of the active role that schools take in the design and delivery of the programme and because of their commitment to training teachers in their schools.

You will be immersed in the school from the outset, meaning that you ‘live and breathe’ real-life teaching and become a valued member of the school team. You will spend most of the year in your ‘home school’, with a 6 week placement in an alternative school and alternative key stage, as well as a short time in a special school and/or a nursery school. Your School-Based Trainer will mentor you during the year, which means your programme is bespoke to you, resulting in you being the best teacher you can be!

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 do not offer equivalency tests ourselves, but do accept from a number of providers. (Please note, if you are applying for an Apprenticeship route, equivalency tests are not accepted, you must study for functional skills tests instead. Apprenticeship routes are available through Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership.

Personal qualities

Two Mile Ash ITT as the accredited provider, and its partners are looking for ambitious trainee teachers who are passionate and enthusiastic about working with students. The programme is challenging, and so we are looking for candidates with a wide range of skills, knowledge, experiences and an aptitude for teaching

Candidates should be aware of contemporary issues in education.

Other requirements

• Declaration of any convictions declared on your UCAS application
• An Enhanced DBS Disclosure will be required follow an offer of a place
• A satisfactory health questionnaire will be required follow an offer of a place
• Satisfactory clearance for registration

Fees and financial support

The course fees for 2022 to 2023 are as follows:

UK students	£8,400
International students	£8,400

About the training provider

Peter Pan Nursery School is the Lead School for the Peter Pan Training Partnership. The partnership is built upon strong early years principles. We currently offer Early Years and Primary courses on tuition fee routes. The alliance consists of 11 partnership schools providing education for children from the ages of 2 - 11 years. Our partnership schools where your teaching experience takes place are based in and around Bedford, Cambridgeshire and Milton Keynes.

The schools within our partnership are:-

Cotton End Forest School Shortstown Primary School Edith Cavell Primary School Crosshall Infant Academy Peter Pan Nursery School
Cherry Trees Nursery School Goldington Green Academy St James’ CE VA Primary School Springfield School

Our Partnership of schools is committed to high quality teacher training . Following successful completion of the course you will be recommended for Qualified Teacher Status. The alliance promotes further professional development and bespoke training enabling for experienced teachers, middle and senior leaders to develop.

If you are considering early years or primary teacher training (predominantly ages 3 - 11) on a one year course leading to QTS with a PGCE The Peter Pan Training Partnership and TMAITT Partnership may be the provider for you. We want to train the most ambitious trainees who will embrace every opportunity we offer and so begin their pathway to becoming outstanding teachers. We have a track record of training and supporting trainees into their first job and beyond.

Interview process

Our interview process has been adapted currently to ensure safe practice and will initially be conducted online. When invited to interview, full details will be shared at that point, about the adaptations that we have made.

Please don’t worry about the interviews – we want to working with you to understand your motivations for teaching and are looking to see if you have the potential to train to teach – you don’t already have to be able to teach! The teaching activity evidences how you engage and interact with children and this gives us an idea of your potential to train. Things can sometimes go wrong with interview or the teaching activity with the children, again don’t worry, because you will be given an opportunity to reflect on things that you would do differently another time.

Remember, learning to teach is a journey and you can be really successful from whatever starting point you have, whether you are a Teaching Assistant who has been in school for many years or someone with very little classroom experience. Our interview process is designed to explore that with you.

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

Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership is committed to the employment and career development of disabled people.

What do we mean by disability? The Disability Discrimination Act, 1995 defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and adverse long-term effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

We have been successful in working with trainees who have either a physical or mental impairment to become effective classroom practitioners.

Contact this training provider

• Email: pptp@bedfordnurseryschools.com
• Telephone: 01234 350864
• Website: http://www.peterpantrainingpartnership.co.uk
• Address: Peter Pan Training Partnership; Edward Road; Bedford; Bedfordshire; MK42 9DR

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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