Peter Pan Teaching School
Primary (365Q)

QTS full time

• Accredited body: Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership
• Financial support: Student finance if you’re eligible
• Qualification:
  QTS

  QTS (qualified teacher status) allows you to teach in state schools in England.

  It may also allow you to teach in the EU, the EEA and Switzerland. You should check with the institution you’d like to teach in for confirmation. The status of QTS in these countries may change after the UK leaves the EU. Please check GOV.UK for updates.

  To teach in the rest of the UK or internationally, you may wish to consider a ‘PGCE (or PGDE) with QTS’ qualification instead.

• Course length: 1 year
• Date you can apply from: 8 October 2019
• Date course starts: September 2020
• Website: http://www.peterpanteachingschoolalliance.co.uk/what-we-do/school-direct-initial-teacher-training/

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.

Interview process

The interviews are conducted by a member of the Initial Teacher Training team and a Head Teacher/Deputy Headteacher from one of our Partnership schools. You will spend a morning in class with an experienced teacher, working alongside the children. During this time there will be a formal interview a teach activity, a maths task and a short individual presentation.

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.

How school placements work

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!

Fees

The course fees for 2020 – 2021 are as follows:

UK students	£8,250
EU students	£8,250
International students	£8,250

Financial support

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

Candidates are required to have:

• GCSE or equivalent qualification, at Grade C/level 4 or above in English, mathematics and science
• A lower second class degree in the subject they wish to train to teach in or a degree in a related subject. We would also consider a third class degree for candidates who demonstrate a real aptitude for teaching.

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

About the training provider

Peter Pan Nursery School is the Lead School within the Peter Pan Teaching School Alliance. This alliance is built upon strong early years principles. We currently offer Early Years and Primary courses on salaried and 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 The Bedford Nursery Federation including Peter Pan Nursery School and Cherry Trees Nursery School Goldington Green Academy Lakeview School St James’ CE VA Primary School Sheerhatch Primary 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 Teaching School Alliance 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.

About the accredited body

TMA ITTP is the most established primary teacher training provider in Milton Keynes with 17 years’ experience in leading initial teacher training and has provided the region with hundreds of primary teachers. As part of the Milton Keynes Teaching School Alliance, they also provide CPD for teachers throughout their career, which gives our ITT team added expertise to bring to your training journey.

The Partnership offers undergraduate and postgraduate SCITT, School Direct and Assessment Only pathways and also validates QTS for other local teaching schools. Birmingham City University accredits both their PGCE and their new trail-blazing, school-based undergraduate route.

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 details

• Email: teachingschool@bedfordnurseryschools.com
• Telephone: 01234 350864
• Website: http://www.peterpanteachingschoolalliance.co.uk/what-we-do/school-direct-initial-teacher-training/
• Address: Peter Pan Teaching School; Edward Road; Bedford; Bedfordshire; MK42 9DR

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Location	Vacancies	Code
Fairfields Primary School, Apollo Avenue,, Fairfields, , Milton Keynes , MK11 4BA	Yes	L

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