John Taylor has been a SCITT, providing high quality teacher training, since 2015 and we have gradually expanded our provision each year to include a variety of routes: Secondary and 3-7 and 5-11 Primary routes, salaried and unsalaried routes and the option to train part time.
We have a proven track record of recruiting and training talented teachers and retaining a large proportion of them in our local area due to the excellent reputation that we have built up over the years.
Primary SCITT Lead
SCITT Co-ordinator
We operate an A-B-A model where trainees start and finish their training in a ‘Home School Placement’ and experience a 9-week placement in a contrasting school in the same phase of education in between. This is enhanced further by short unassessed experiences in a Special School and another phase of education (e.g., Secondary Trainees experience a Primary School placement).
Throughout the programme, trainees attend face to face training one day a week and this day is split into general professional studies training in the morning and subject specific training in the afternoon. Trainees are well supported by the central team, Subject Pedagogy Tutors and of course, mentors in their placement schools.
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As an accredited SCITT we have enjoyed strong links with the University of Derby, who deliver on our programmes and accredit the academic award of PGCE which is offered alongside QTS. In terms of partnerships, we offer schools and MATs different partnership models according to their desired level of involvement and their capacity. Current partnership models include:
Schools who work with us on a placement only model, where they host trainees during their training year.
Lead schools who support with recruitment and place trainees in schools within their Trust.
We’ve collated an abundance of useful information and resources to make your journey easier and provide you with answers to questions you may have.
If you’re a potential applicant looking to get into teaching, please view our applicant page. If you’re a school looking to engage with teacher training, please view our school page.
You’ve decided to take a step towards becoming a teacher, but you’re not sure where to start or of the routes available.
Schools have a shared responsibility and professional purpose – developing the next generation of inspiring teachers.
HEI or SCITT? Need support with securing placements, expert input or engaging local schools? Talk to us about how we can help.
As a Teaching School hub, we hope to be able to build on our success and expand our provision, reaching out and developing partnerships with more schools across East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Tamworth, Cannock, North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth potentially expanding our offer to include an apprenticeship route and an Early Years provision.
Moving forward and looking towards planned expansion, our vision is to develop all models of partnership and establish delivery hubs in different localities, so that our programme is accessible to trainees throughout our TS hub region and provide a pipeline of trainees and high-quality Early Carer Teachers to satisfy teacher recruitment in local areas.
The ITE year as Year 1 of a 3-year induction into teaching. Where our trainees secure employment in a local school we very much hope that they will seamlessly progress onto Early Career Framework Full Induction Programme with John Taylor Teaching School Hub which we deliver in partnership with the Education Development Trust. Our ECF lead for the region also delivers the pedagogy module of our ITE programme and as a result has a good knowledge and understanding of the strengths of those trainees as they move into their induction year.
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:
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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:
