Course Summary

Our course is entirely school centred providing classroom based, practical training, underpinned by a weekly educational studies programme leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Weekly professional studies training sessions will be held at The Compton School on a Monday, with trainees at their base school from Tuesday-Friday each week.

In addition, trainees may opt in to gaining a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE Non-QTS) with University of Cumbria please find information from the DFE about ways into teaching here. The course is full time over 38 weeks (term time only). Trainees will receive an immersive training provision where they are working alongside expert colleagues with current and relevant experience.

Trainees receive structured classroom observations, weekly professional studies sessions and a phased introduction to small group teaching, team teaching and then whole class teaching.

As a Provider, we set targets linked to our curriculum on a weekly basis as well as the flexibility for trainees to set bespoke targets with their mentor.  Successfully meeting these targets leads to trainees demonstrating mastery of our curriculum and award of Qualified Teacher Status at the end of the training year.

There are 5 reflection pieces set over the training year. These are research based learning tasks embedded in the realities of the modern classroom. Current academic research and reading underpin all professional studies sessions and reflection pieces.

The Compton SCITT Partnership is committed to the wellbeing of trainee teachers. We are aware that an ITT year will be demanding and therefore have a variety of mechanisms in place including a designated pastoral lead.