School Direct Information Pack 2020/21
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School Direct Information Pack 2020/21 What is the Ealing Teaching School Alliance? Ealing Teaching School Alliance (ETSA) is an exciting and innovative collaboration striving to provide teaching excellence in the London Borough of Ealing. The Alliance comprises of 13 secondary schools and is in partnership with Hillingdon SCITT, St Mary’s University and Goldsmiths, university of London. ETSA has a fantastic reputation for its well-established training programmes and its excellent track-record of induction. ETSA’s commitment to ensuring that all trainees, regardless of subject or route, are able to benefit from the experience and expertise of the very best practitioners makes it an excellent place to train and procure employment once qualified. For the past five years, the vast majority of ETSA trainees have secured their first qualified teacher role within the Alliance upon completion of their training year. Why train with us? All schools in ETSA are highly supportive and inspirational environments where you will develop the necessary skills and acquire a true appreciation of the practice essential for outstanding teaching and learning. You will learn your craft in a safe environment which allows you to experiment with teaching styles, strategies and ideas. Your training will be delivered by expert teachers within the school. You will participate in weekly professional development sessions and you will also attend Alliance-wide “Golden Day” training events along with fellow ETSA trainees. Your school-led training will be complemented by attendance at the Hillingdon SCITT, St Mary’s University or Goldsmiths, university of London. You will be assigned an experienced mentor from within your subject area at your main placement school who will support you in your development over the course of what will be a challenging and rewarding year. All mentors are excellent teachers who are well-trained in mentoring, coaching, lesson observations and feedback skills. You will also work closely with a member of the Senior Leadership team who will oversee a great deal of your training and will provide an invaluable perspective on your role as a teacher and the wider issues of education leadership. As well as your main training placement, you will complete a 7-12 week placement in a contrasting context within ETSA; this will afford you the opportunity to experience working with different students, within different structures and with a wider range of colleagues. The benefits of teaching O Rewarding & Challenging O Varied O Make a real difference to those you teach O Financial benefits O Holidays! About the School Direct programme School Direct is a school-led teacher training option that offers practical, hands-on training and education. This course offers a brilliant option if you want to train and learn ‘on the job’, and you shouldn’t worry about being thrown in at the deep end. You’ll be part of a team from the very start, receiving intensive support from experienced teachers and mentors. That means you won’t be teaching classes unsupported until the school thinks you’re ready. School-led courses have very high rates of employment and trainee satisfaction. Salaried School Direct Unsalaried School Direct This route is aimed at high quality career changers. You This route is aimed at recent graduates. will be employed by your main placement school and paid Unsalaried School Direct trainees work a salary up to £25,000 depending on the subject you will towards a Postgraduate Certificate of teach. At the end of the one year training programme, Education (PGCE) during the training year, you will gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). You should which also results in Qualified Teacher be a degree holder, with at least a 2:2 in a relevant Status (QTS). You must have at least a 2:2 subject. You must have 3 years’ work experience (this class degree in a relevant subject. You will doesn’t have to be education related), although less be eligible for student finance to cover the experience may be considered for shortage subjects such cost of your PGCE fees, as well as a as Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Modern Foreign Languages training bursary (dependent on degree and Computing. classification). You do not have to be supernumerary and you can have You will be supernumerary and you can up to 80% of a teaching timetable. You will attend the have up to 50% of a teaching timetable. Hillingdon SCITT, St Mary’s University or Goldsmiths (as applicable) for up to 15 days of training. The majority of your training will be delivered by the school. About our schools for 2020-21 School Direct offer Brentside High School, Hanwell Dormers Wells High School, Southall Ealing Fields High School, Ealing Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls, Acton Elthorne Park High School, Hanwell Northolt High School, Northolt Twyford CE High School, Acton William Perkin CE High School, Greenford Villiers High School, Southall Brentside High School A popular and oversubscribed secondary school serving an ethnically diverse community 1400 students, 300 in the sixth form Investors in People Students make excellent progress supported by teaching, learning and assessment of the highest standard. Students ‘are extremely complimentary about their school and the staff who work with them. They want to do well, regularly attend and work hard.’ (Ofsted 2016) Ofsted rating of ‘good’ Dormers Wells High School Multi-cultural comprehensive school 1220 students,185 in the sixth form Vibrant learning community Looking for dynamic and creative teachers Long history of training successful teachers New building with state of the art facilities Specialist provision for Hearing Impaired students Ofsted rating of ‘good’ About our schools Ealing Fields High School Ealing Fields High School is the most recent mem- ber of the Twyford CofE Academies Trust family of schools. It was opened as a Free School in 2016 by a group of parents with a strong desire to provide an excellent new school for the South Ealing community. Ealing Fields is joined the Twyford CE Academies Trust and is the smallest of the Trust schools, with only 120 in each year group and therefore has a very compact family feel. The school motto is Brave Hearts, Bold Minds - Brave enough to listen to our hearts and bold enough to sharpen our minds. Elthorne Park High School Successful and oversubscribed 11 -19 mixed comprehensive school of 1100 students Specialism in Mathematics and Computing Growing Sixth Form opened in 2009 Performance is above Ealing and national averages Emphasis on developing students’ potential and celebrating their successes Well-designed curriculum meets the needs of students Committed to partnership with parents and carers Ofsted rating of ‘’outstanding’ The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls A diverse school—microcosm of multi-cultural London Specialist Schools Award, DfE – value added Investors in People Specialist college for Science and Mathematics Highly qualified and hardworking staff Excellent relationships between pupils and staff Ethos effectively supports and encourages learning Ofsted rating of ‘outstanding’ Northolt High School An inclusive 11-19 school where students are well cared for, challenged and supported to make outstanding academic progress. Northolt High school was praised in its most recent Ofsted report for its “culture and Climate of high expectations”. We are proud to promote our ‘STEAM’ specialism, which places great emphasis on the STEM subjects such as Computing, Mathematics and Science alongside a real focus on the Arts. Our vision statement is “committed to excellence”. Ofsted rating ’Good’ About our schools Twyford Church of England High School Lead school in the Ealing Teaching School Alliance One of four Twyford CE Academies Trust schools Large, oversubscribed comprehensive school 500 students in the sixth form Performance well above Ealing and national averages Distinctively Christian, with an emphasis on developing socially responsible individuals Villiers High School It is an 11-19 co-educational school with 1300 students Results have been excellent for three consecutive years for all subjects with strongly positive value added for A Level and vocational placing the school in the top quartile of all schools around the country. The school also has a sixth from which has been rated as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in May 2019. Motto “For life not school we learn” Ofsted rating ’outstanding’ in all categories (May 2019) William Perkin Church of England High School One of four Twyford CE Academies Trust schools Opened as a Free School in September 2013 At full capacity for the first time (Year 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13) Distinctively Christian, with an emphasis on developing socially responsible individuals Student progress and personal progression is exceptional Ofsted rating of ‘outstanding’ Finance Information for Unsalaried School Direct Scholarships Scholarships of up to £30,000 are available in maths, physics, chemistry and computing for trainees who are starting their training in the 2020/21 academic year. These prestigious awards are aimed at high- quality graduates with a 2:1 or first-class degree, who are passionate about their subject and have the potential to be inspirational teachers. Scholarships are awarded by professional bodies for these subjects, and scholars will be selected through an additional application and assessment process. Each scholarship also comes with a package of non- financial benefits, such as early career