The Sheffield SCITT Primary with Mathematics (2XR8)

PGCE with QTS full time

• 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: 5 to 11
• Course length: 1 year
• Date you can apply from: 11 October 2022
• Date course starts: September 2023
• Website: https://www.sheffieldscitt.org.uk

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Course summary

The Sheffield SCITT is committed to providing quality first teacher training. Our course exceeds the statutory requirement for Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in all areas. You will be taught and supported by experienced classroom teachers. Your training will be informed throughout by the evidence base as to what makes the most effective teaching.

This course typically entails 4 days a week in the classroom and one day per week receiving more formal training.

During your time in the classroom you will work with and alongside experienced teachers to develop your own teaching practice. You will receive personalised support and be guided by an experienced mentor.

One day per week you will join other teacher trainees. You will be trained on aspects such as how to walk and talk like a teacher, plan lessons effectively, behaviour management and how to really stretch and challenge students.

You will spend September to December in your ‘Home School’. From December to Easter you will have the opportunity to experience life in a contrasting school. From Easter to the end of the programme you will return to your initial school.

Our PGCE is delivered through the University of Hull. You will spend approximately 3 days over the year with your tutors from the University of Hull.

School placements

We offer placements in a wide range of secondary schools in and around Sheffield. When you apply you will need to select our Main Site (Notre Dame High School) and then at interview we will have a conversation with you about your geographical and placement school preferences.

You will spend most of the training year in your Home School and these schools are central to the selection process and our school based interview system. You can express a preference for your Home School based on location, preference for the type of school or a personal connection to a community you want to serve but we cannot guarantee to meet everyone’s preference.

There is also a short alternative placement in a contrasting alliance school in the middle of the training year and a brief experience in the phase (primary or secondary) you are not training to teach in. It would be sensible for trainees to base themselves within commutable distance of their Home School so these are finalised with you before the summer holidays to allow you to arrange your accommodation. We make every attempt to make sure the alternative placement school is in an accessible location but it may involve a few weeks of travelling further to get that all important contrasting experience in the right school for you.

Locations

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

Location	Vacancies
Dobcroft Infant School Pingle Rd, Sheffield, S7 2LN	Yes
Highgate Primary Academy Nicholas Lane, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9AS	Yes
Hunters Bar Infant School Sharrow Vale Rd, Sheffield, S11 8ZG	Yes
Mundella Primary School Mundella Place, Sheffield, S8 8SJ	Yes
Our Lady and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Fitzwilliam St, Rotherham, S63 7HG	Yes
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary Academy Mere Street, Armthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire , DN3 2DB	Yes
St Ann’s Catholic Primary School McIntyre Road, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S36 1DE	Yes
St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School Firshill Crescent, Sheffield, S4 7BX	Yes
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary 131 Green Lane, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 6JY	Yes
St Marie’s Catholic Primary School Fulwood Rd, Sheffield, S10 3DQ	Yes
St Mary’s Primary School, High Green Pack Horse La, Sheffield, S35 3HY	Yes
St Patrick’s Catholic Voluntary Academy Barnsley Road, Sheffield, S5 0QF	Yes
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Creswick Lane, Grenoside, Sheffield, S35 8NN	Yes

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 there are 3rd party providers who do e.g. equivalencytesting.com and A Star Equivalency. There are up front costs associated with these courses which you will need to fund. As the test centres could be a distance from where you live there could also be travel costs.
In addition you may need to book the test in advance. So make sure you give yourself plenty of time to pass the test before our course starts in September.

Personal qualities

We are looking for the next generation of outstanding teachers and future school leaders. They will be passionate about children and education but also care about our schools and the communities they serve and the special ethos each of those schools have.

They will have experience of working with young people - ideally some of this will be school based giving them a good awareness of how schools operate and teachers work. Whatever their experience our applicants need to demonstrate how they have engaged, communicated with and inspired the young people they have worked with.

Other requirements

You will need to pass an Enhanced Criminal Record Check. Ideally you will have some experience working with children in a school or another organisation e.g. nursery, playgroups, scouts etc. As we are not allowed to hold a licence to sponsor visa applications you will need to be a UK citizen or have been granted “settled Status” by the U.K. Home Office. If you are not a UK citizen you will need to prove you have access to Public Funds or have the ability to support yourself financially during your course prior to being offered a place.

Fees and financial support

The course fees for UK students in 2023 to 2024 are £9,250.

There are Student Loans available to pay the fees.

If you decide to pay privately then the payment schedule is

• Term 1 : £2,625
• Term 2 : £2,625
• Term 3 : £4,000

With each amount being due on the first day of each term.

You will have to pay the cost of the Enhanced Criminal Record Check in advance of starting the course.

Financial support from the training provider

We are not able to offer any monetary financial support to trainees. However,

• We will support you with the Student Finance Application process.
• We will keep you informed as to whether you are eligible for a government funded Train to Teach Bursary.
• We will also make you aware of any national scholarships that may be available for the subject you are training to teach.
• We also provide free membership of the Westfield Healthy Extras emotional wellness support package to support you during your ITT year.

About the training provider

The Sheffield SCITT is owned and run by Notre Dame High School, Sheffield. The Sheffield SCITT was recently judged ‘Good’ by OFSTED for the quality of its teacher training.

Our partnership schools all see The Sheffield SCITT as the best way to find and develop their own future teachers. The Sheffield SCITT aims to supply most of the Newly Qualified Teacher needs of our partnership of schools. Whilst we cannot guarantee jobs for all trainees at the end of the course, the vast majority of trainees secure jobs within our partnership.

We remain small enough to know every trainee as an individual and give every partner school a voice in the running of the SCITT, but large enough to offer our trainees a diverse and bespoke experience of a different schools within the partnership - including Academies, Maintained Community Schools, Church Schools, those in multicultural inner cities, secondary schools with large sixth forms and primary schools with early years centres.

Our Lead School is one of a small number of schools designated as part of the Research School network. This means that your training is informed throughout by the evidence base as to what makes the effective teaching.

Our course includes the opportunity to study for a PGCE in Secondary Education (PGCE) during your ITT year. The PGCE is offered through The University of Hull.

Interview process

The interview process for the SCITT involves a formal interview, questions from a subject specialist and a 15 minute teaching activity.

We also ask you to sit mock numeracy and literacy papers to help us identify if you will need support before you start your ITT course.

We also ask you to reflect on your teaching activity.

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

Our aim is to meet the unique needs of every trainee, specifically by taking reasonable steps to ensure that disabled trainees and applicants are not put at a substantial disadvantage by comparison with trainees and applicants who are not disabled.

We cannot do this unless we know you have a disability. We encourage all our applicants to declare their disability on their application form and to discuss their requirements with us at interview. While disabled access to our schools is good we can only place trainees at the most suitable school to meet their needs if we know what those needs are.

In addition to one to one support from your mentors and subject leaders we currently provide all our trainees access to free access to the Westfield Healthy Extras which provides support throughout the year. The Sheffield SCITT has a ‘Reasonable Adjustments Policy and Procedure’ which underpins this approach and is available on request by emailing admin@sheffieldscitt.org.uk

Contact this training provider

• Email: admin@sheffieldscitt.org.uk
• Telephone: 01142302536
• Website: https://www.sheffieldscitt.org.uk
• Address: Notre Dame High School; Fulwood Road; Sheffield; South Yorkshire; S10 3BT

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).

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