John Taylor Teaching School Hub and Staffordshire Research School
Booking Terms and Conditions
The John Taylor Teaching School Hub and Staffordshire Research School is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of welfare of all children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All staff, volunteers and visitors are expected to share this commitment.
Fees
Organisations booking training courses are requested to pay the fee within 30 days of the date of the invoice.
Cancellations by the delegate / refunds
Notice given by delegate (prior to course Applicable fee / procedure
commencement date)
– 28 or more days’ notice of cancellation: Full refund
– 28 to 14 days’ notice of cancellation: 50% refund
– 14 days or less notice of cancellation: No refund
Transfers
– Delegates can transfer his/her booking for an event to another delegate, at no additional cost.
– Delegates can transfer his/her booking to a course of the same value, and/or use the course fee of the original booking towards a course of a higher value. In this instance, the delegate/delegate’s organisation will be invoiced for the shortfall.
– Delegates will not be entitled to any refund where a transfer to an alternative course has been made and he/she cancels attendance at that other course. Any subsequent cancellations will be charged at 100% of the course fee.
– Only one transfer is permitted per course per delegate.
Alterations / Cancellations of Courses by the Staffordshire Research School
It may be necessary for John Taylor Teaching School Hub and Staffordshire Research School to change the content and timing of a course, the facilitator, the date, or the venue. In the unlikely event of the course being cancelled by the John Taylor Teaching School Hub or the Staffordshire Research School, a full refund will be made unless the delegate choses to transfer his or her booking to an alternative date for the course.
For all bookings, the liability of SRS shall be limited to the amount of the fee actually paid to SRS by the delegate. For this reason, delegates are encouraged to not to book travel or accommodation more than two weeks prior to any course date.
Registration information
Directions to the venue, timings and Zoom links for remote access will be sent to the delegate by email prior to the event. John Taylor Teaching School Hub and the Staffordshire Research School will not be responsible for the non-arrival of registration information due to filtering and quarantine restrictions of systems that organisations use. Delegates are reminded to check their filters, quarantine, and email junk files. Any delegate not receiving the registration information by 7 days prior to the event or on the day should contact [email protected] or [email protected].
Late Payment
The John Taylor Teaching School Hub and Staffordshire Research School reserves the right to charge late payment interest on any outstanding invoice at the rate of 5%.
Consider including a QR code to allow email recipients quick access (Parents, Local Community and Sixth Form students)
An example of an email footnote could look like this:
Do you know someone who is interested in training to teach? Send them this [insert QR code]
Include ‘Train to Teach’ signposting to local providers or DfE materials as an email footnote or signature strip.
Other practical and innovative approaches to recruitment
Use CEIAG lessons, events and articles to educate students and promote teaching as a career choice.
Put a banner on your school gates/perimeter fencing to show your community that they can access teacher training locally.
Develop a strong post-ITE training offer for staff considering career progression, ECF, NPQs, Curriculum Hubs, CPD for M3-M6 teachers, other CPD.
Share these myths and misconceptions-busters about teacher training and teaching to inform potential applicants about the profession.
Talent Spotting – Promote routes into teaching for suitably qualified staff (e.g. TAs, Technicians, Librarians, non-teaching pastoral or DSLs) via Salaried routes, Apprenticeships, Undergraduate or Post-graduate pathways.
Facilitate sessions for ITE providers on specialist areas and fundamental concepts in education (typically 1.5 – 6 hours).
Offer whole-year placements (e.g. to trainee A in Autumn & Summer Terms and Trainee B in the Spring term) with mentoring.
Offer longer ITE programme placements (typically 12-20 weeks) with mentoring of trainees.
Offer shorter ITE programme placements (typically 8-12 weeks) with mentoring of trainees.
Offer Intensive Training & Practice (ITAP) placements to ITE providers (typically 1-2 days) to allow trainees to observe practices and apply learning.
Offer enhanced placements (1-5 days) as part of an ITE programme, focussing on a phase, type, or specialist area of education (e.g. PRU, Special School, EYFS, Post-16).
Offer ‘School Experience’ tasters (typically 0.5 or 1 day) to potential applicants.
Register as a school on ‘DfE Apply’ as a ‘location’ for potential applicants to find/search train to teach providers in close proximity to their postcode.
Share positive stories, case studies and testimonials of colleagues and ex-trainees (associated with your school), showcasing career progression, opportunities and CPD.
Follow and share content on your school accounts from these below to reach your community:
ITE providers in the West Midlands
Connect with ITE providers in the West Midlands – click here to access a map of local and national Accredited providers.
Connect with ITE providers on social media from the districts covered by the John Taylor Teaching School Hub region or in the immediate surrounding districts:
Pre-populated posts:
Other:
Promote the Department for Education’s train to teach recruitment events
Follow and share content on your school accounts from these below to reach your community:
ITE providers in the West Midlands
Connect with ITE providers in the West Midlands – click here to access a map of local and national Accredited providers.
Connect with ITE providers on social media from the districts covered by the John Taylor Teaching School Hub region or in the immediate surrounding districts:
