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Teach North: Tees Valley English (36B4)

PGCE with QTS full time

• Accredited body: Durham University
• Financial support: Student finance 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.

• Age range: 11 to 16
• Course length: 1 year
• Date you can apply from: 13 October 2020
• Date course starts: September 2021
• Website: https://teachnorth.com/

Contents

About the course

As a Teach North English trainee, you will promote a love of reading to all students, exploring a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, poems and plays that include works by 19th, 20th and 21st century writers. Alongside your students, you will unpick the craft of the writer and how language is used for effect and influences the readers.

You will deliver lessons that are fundamental to personal intellectual growth, enabling students to make sense of the world around them whilst building their confidence in communication.

Your classroom will be brimming with opportunities for students to write imaginatively and through transactional writing where purpose, audience and format are paramount; these will extend students’ vocabulary as well as their written accuracy.

On completion of this programme, you will be awarded a PGCE with QTS and 90 Masters credits in Education from Durham University.

You’ll be delighted to know that we have a strong partnership with Durham University who are one of the leading departments for education in the UK as they regularly feature in the top five in national university league tables such as 3rd in the Guardian University Guide 2019. This partnership creates a collaborative model of training.

Click here to read about one of our English trainees

School placements

During the programme, you will complete two placements in our alliance schools and academies. The location of these placements is decided by the Teach North team who will consider your home location, mode of transport and the capacity of the school or academy.

Click here to discover our placement schools

You will be assigned a trained mentor to support and celebrate your progress as you enter the teaching profession.

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Locations

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

Location	Vacancies
Main Site Hall Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7JY	No
Outwood Academy Acklam Hall Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7JY	No
Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth Harrowgate Lane, Stockton on Tees, TS19 8TF	No
Outwood Academy Bydales Coast Road, Marske by the Sea, Redcar, TS11 6AR	No
Outwood Academy Easingwold York Road , Easingwold , York , North Yorkshire, YO61 3EF	No
Outwood Academy Ormesby Tothill Avenue, Netherfields, Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH	No
Outwood Academy Redcar Kirkleatham Lane , Redcar , North Yorkshire, TS10 4AB	No
Outwood Academy Ripon Clotherholme Road, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 2DE	No

Entry requirements

Qualifications needed

• Applicants should have at least a lower second-class honours degree relevant to secondary education in or related to the subject area the candidate is applying for.

• All applicants must have grade C / grade 4 passes in GCSE English Language and Maths (or equivalent) before making their application. Key Skills, Functional Skills and the Certificate in Adult Numeracy/Literacy are not accepted in place of GCSEs.

Personal qualities

Teach North is seeking applicants with the following qualities:

• A genuine desire to put children first and a commitment to improving the life chances of young people
• An ability to engage with students in a personable and professional manner
• Resilience, flexibility and a passion to succeed in the teaching profession

Other requirements

Successful candidates must obtain clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) regarding suitability to work with children. Admission is also dependent on a satisfactory medical examination.

Fees and financial support

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

About the training provider

Teach North offers a School Direct programme that strives to develop, support and celebrate excellent trainee teachers who are well-prepared for the profession.

We are an integral part of a high-performing multi-academy trust, Outwood Grange Academies Trust. We embrace the opportunity to ensure that all children, irrespective of their starting point, receive an excellent education.

We relish the opportunity to be part of the much needed regeneration of the areas we work in. We are serious about the part we have to play in regenerating the areas we serve by placing an outstanding school at the heart of the community.

To do this, we ensure that:

• students are always at the forefront of what we do, so we can help them to reach their potential
• that all our staff strive to be experts in our respective fields
• together, as a trust, we are obsessive about attaining the highest standards, thereby enhancing children’s life-chances.

Quite simply, we want to be known for placing:

Students first; raising standards and transforming lives.

Interview process

If you meet our entry requirements, you will be invited to a remote interview to complete our selection process.

Click here to explore our remote interview process

Training with disabilities and other needs

We offer disabled access across our family of schools and invite all applicants to discuss their individual needs with us so that we can place you in the most appropriate schools and academies for your training year.

Contact this training provider

• Email: teachnorth@oie.outwood.com
• Telephone: 01642 811000
• Website: https://teachnorth.com/
• Address: Outwood Conference Centre - Tees Valley, Outwood Academy Acklam; Hall Drive; Middlesbrough; North Yorkshire; TS5 7JY

Support and advice

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