Applying

Selection Process

We offer an intensive training year which demands your full-time commitment. Our rigorous interview and selection process will help us decide whether you should train with us, and also help you decide if teaching is the career for you.

Curriculum Knowledge Interview
This will focus on your subject knowledge together with your ability to engage and inspire.

Lesson Observation
This will give you an opportunity to observe a lesson.

Presentation
You will be required to undertake a 10-minute presentation on “How to be an outstanding teacher”.

Formal Interview
This interview will be with the Primary Programme Lead. The interview will evaluate your rationale for wanting to become a teacher and your suitability to carry out the role.

Teaching Activity
Applicants will undertake a 30-minute teaching activity. You will be asked to prepare a topic to present to the pupils. This will evaluate your ability to facilitate pupils’ interaction with you and each other.

Written Task and Mathematics Task
In accordance with the DfE guidelines we will need to ensure that you have the necessary skills in Mathematics and English to become a teacher by the end of your training year.

You will be expected to demonstrate competence in range of subjects throughout your course:

• Speaking, listening and communicating are fundamental to a teacher’s role. Teachers should use standard English grammar, clear pronunciation and vocabulary relevant to the situation to convey instructions, questions, information, concepts and ideas with clarity. Teachers should read fluently and with good understanding.
• Writing by teachers will be seen by colleagues, pupils and parents and, as such, it is important that a teacher’s writing reflects the high standards of accuracy their professional role demands. They should write clearly, accurately, legibly and coherently using correct spelling and punctuation.
• Teachers should use data and graphs to interpret information, identify patterns and trends and draw appropriate conclusions. They need to interpret pupil data and understand statistics and graphs in the news, academic reports and relevant papers.
• Teachers should be able to complete Mathematical calculations fluently with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages. They should be able to solve mathematical problems using a variety of methods and approaches including estimating and rounding, sense checking answers, breaking down problems into simpler steps and explaining and justifying answers using appropriate language.

Trainees and students are responsible for securing the required fundamental English and Mathematics skills. Haybridge Alliance SCITT will support both trainees and students in this process and it is the SCITT’s duty to ensure the trainee can demonstrate competence.

The process for assessing your skills will start at the interview stage and it is important that you begin to develop your confidence and competence in these skills prior to the start of the course.

Fees

For the BA Hons Primary and Early Years Undergraduate course, fees are £9,250 per year. For the Postgraduate PGCE and / or QTS Primary Full Time course, fees are £9,250. For the Postgraduate Primary Part Time course, fees are £5625 per year (£11,250 in total). For the Postgraduate QTS only Primary Full Time course, fees are £8,500. For the Postgraduate QTS only Primary Part Time course, fees are £5000 per year (£10,000 in total) .Click here to see if you are eligible for a student loan. If you are from the United Kingdom, you can also apply for a means-tested maintenance grant and a maintenance loan.