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.

Subject 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 SCITT Director for Secondary applicants and with a Primary School representative for Primary applicants. 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 students. This will evaluate your ability to facilitate students’ 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.

Tuition Fees

Postgraduate PGCE and QTS Initial Teacher Training Full Time – £9,250

Postgraduate PGCE and QTS Initial Teacher Training Part Time – £5,625 per year

Postgraduate QTS Only Initial Teacher Training Full Time – £8,500

Postgraduate QTS Only Initial Teacher Training Part Time – £5000 per year

You may be eligible for a student loan. Students from the United Kingdom you can also apply for a means-tested maintenance grant and a maintenance loan.

Funding and Bursaries

You may be able to apply for generous, tax-free funding, which is available to the best graduates training in a range of subjects. You could get a bursary of up to £24,000 or be awarded a prestigious scholarship – which provides additional support and benefits throughout your training year. Chemistry, Languages, Mathematics and Physics trainees will receive three additional early-career payments of £2000 each (or £3000 each if teaching in specified areas of England) in their second, third and fourth year of teaching , if they have taught in a state-funded school in England since completing their teacher training course. These amounts are after tax, so teachers will receive the full amount as stated.

With or without a bursary or scholarship, you could receive a tuition fee loan and maintenance loan to help fund your teacher training year. You can use the student finance calculator to estimate student loans and extra funding that may be available, for instance Parents’ Learning Allowance, Childcare Grants or Child Tax Credits.

Teachers of some shortage subjects can apply for a reimbursement on their student loan payments for up to 10 academic years following the year of their qualified teacher status (QTS) award. For further information, visit Teachers’ student loan reimbursement: guidance for teachers and schools; the guidance sets out full eligibility criteria, payment rates and the application process.

The prestigious maths scholarship scheme is aimed at high-quality mathematicians who are passionate about maths and numeracy. Successful applicants must have secured a Department for Education (DfE) allocated ITT training place that leads to achieved QTS status by September 2019 to be awarded a maths scholarship. Applicants also need a 2:1 (or predicted) degree, candidates with a 2:2 (or predicted) degree may be considered if they can demonstrate relevant experience. We also welcome applications from SKE applicants. A lucrative financial package worth at least £32,000 is available for successful applicants. As well as financial benefits, successful scholars will also receive additional support to enhance their subject knowledge, gain access to high-quality professional development resources and membership for 2 years of a range of mathematical professional bodies, including the IMA.