School Direct Information Pack 2018/19 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 12 secondary schools and 1 primary school, and is in partnership with Hillingdon SCITT, St Mary’s and Goldsmiths. 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 four 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 or Goldsmiths. 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 six-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 will be employed by your main placement school and graduates. Unsalaried School Direct paid a salary up to £25,000 depending on the subject trainees work towards a Postgraduate you will teach. At the end of the one year training Certificate of Education (PGCE) during programme, you will gain Qualified Teacher Status the training year, which also results in (QTS). You should be a degree holder, with at least a 2:2 Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). You in a relevant subject. You must have 3 years’ work must have at least a 2:2 class degree experience (this doesn’t have to be education related), in a relevant subject. You will be although less experience may be considered for eligible for student finance to cover shortage subjects such as Physics, Maths, Chemistry, the cost of your PGCE fees, as well as Geography, Modern Foreign Languages and Computing. a training bursary (dependent on You do not have to be supernumerary and you can have degree classification). up to 80% if a teaching timetable. You will attend the You will be supernumerary and you Hillingdon, St Mary’s or Goldsmiths (as applicable) for can have up to 50% of a teaching up to 15 days of training. The majority of your training timetable. will be delivered by the school. About our schools
Twyford CE High School, Acton William Perkin CE High School, Greenford Brentside High School, Hanwell Dormers Wells High School, Southall Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls, Acton Elthorne Park High School, Hanwell Featherstone High School, Southall Villiers High School, Southall
Twyford Church of England Academies Trust The Twyford Trust was established in October 2011 with the aim of achieving outstanding education in a comprehensive school setting. The Trust grew from the success of Twyford Church of England High School in Acton, West London. The school motto ‘Life in all its Fullness’, encourages students to use their individual gifts wisely and well and has become the overarching motto for the Twyford Trust. Twyford CE High School has well-developed specialisms in Music, Languages and Science. In 2013 the Trust opened a second school (William Perkin Church of England High School) which has a specific focus on Science. Twyford Church of England High School •Lead school in the Ealing Teaching School Alliance •One of two 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 •Ofsted rating of ‘outstanding’
William Perkin Church of England High School •One of two Twyford CE Academies Trust schools •Opened as a Free School in September 2013 •Will have five year groups from September 2017 (Year 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11). •School Direct trainees will be joining at a time of considerable growth •Distinctively Christian, with an emphasis on developing socially responsible individuals •Student behaviour is exceptional •Ofsted rating of ‘outstanding’ About our schools Dormers Wells High School Brentside 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’ •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’
Elthorne Park High School •Successful and oversubscribed 11 -19 mixed comprehensive school of 1100 students The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls •Specialism in Mathematics and Computing •Growing Sixth Form opened in 2009 •A diverse school - •Performance is above Ealing and national microcosm of multi- averages cultural London •Emphasis on developing students’ potential and celebrating their successes •Specialist Schools Award, DfE – value •Well-designed curriculum meets the needs of added students •Investors in People •Committed to partnership with parents and carers •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 ‘good’
About our schools
Featherstone High School Villiers High School
• It is an 11-19 co-educational school with over •Warm and hardworking community 1100 students •Striving for excellence in teaching and learning •Results have been improving year on year •Regularly placed in top 10% of schools in country and progress data has put performance in the for progress made by students between KS2 to top quartile of all schools around the country. KS4 •The school also has a rapidly improving Sixth •Ofsted “Outstanding” Form with students taking a variety of Advanced Level and BTEC courses. •Strong emphasis on teacher CPD •At GCSE, for 2016-17, the school achieved •Motto “Together We Achieve” emphasises the 0.46 in the new progress 8 measurement - well importance of partnership in its success above the national average •At A-level, nearly all students secured a place at their chosen university in 2017. •Motto “For life not school we learn” 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 2018/19 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 support and membership of the appropriate professional body. To apply for a scholarship and for further information, you should visit the appropriate subject association website: Physics – delivered by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Chemistry – delivered by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Maths – delivered by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), in collaboration with the London Mathematical Society (LMS), the Mathematical Association (MA), Maths in Education and Industry (MEI) and the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) Computing – delivered by the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT Geography— delivered by the Royal Geographical Society with IBG Modern Foreign Languages—delivered by the British Council The scholarship will be instead of the standard bursary, but trainees who are not awarded the scholarship will still be eligible for the standard bursaries.
Bursaries Training bursaries To encourage the Trainee with Scholarships 1st/PhD 2:1/Masters 2:2 Other best graduates to enter the profession, Physics £30,000 £30,000 £25,000 £25,000 £0 financial incentives Maths, Computing, are offered to Geography, £27,500 £25,000 £25,000 £25,000 £0 Languages trainees intending to train to teach the Chemistry £27,500 £25,000 £20,000 £20,000 £0 subjects in the table Biology - £15,000 £12,000 £10,000 £0 below. You do not need to apply for a Primary maths - £6,000 £6,000 £6,000 £0 bursary – if you are Primary - £3,000 £0 £0 £0 enrolled on a non- DT - £12,000 £9,000 £0 £0 salaried postgraduate course and meet the English - £9,000 £9,000 £0 £0 eligibility criteria History, RE, Music - £9,000 £4,000 £0 £0 Finance Information for Salaried School Direct
ETSA Salaried School Direct trainees will be paid on the Unqualified Teacher Pay Scale (Band A, Inner London) area. All ETSA schools offering Salaried places in Maths, Physics and Computing will pay trainees at least £25,000 as a result of additional funding being offered by the government. Salaries for other subjects will vary depending on the subject and salary.
Unqualified Teacher Pay Scale
Scale point Annual salary England and Annual salary inner London Annual salary outer London Annual salary Fringe area Wales excluding London area area (band C) (band D) (band A) (band B) £ £ £ £ 1 16,626 20,909 19,749 17,718
2 18,560 22,841 21,684 19,650
3 20,492 24,775 23,618 21,584
4 22,426 26,708 25,554 23,517
5 24,361 28,924 27,486 25,451
6 26,295 30,573 29,422 27,384
Qualified Teacher Pay Scale
When you have completed your training year and secured your first qualified teacher role in the Ealing Teaching School Alliance, you will be paid on the Qualified Teacher Pay Scale (Band A, Inner London Area). Here is an idea of how your salary could progress over the following 6 years: Scale point Annual salary England and Annual salary inner London Annual salary outer London Annual salary Fringe area Wales excluding London area area (band C) (band D) (band A) (band B) £ £ £ £ 1 22,917 28,660 26,662 24,018
2 24,728 30,155 28,315 25,828
3 26,716 31,726 30,067 27,815
4 28,772 33,379 31,929 29,878
5 31,039 35,947 34,637 32,139
6 33,824 39,006 37,645 34,934 Twyford CofE Academies Trust Developing Teacher Programme
Year 1 – Trainee Teachers Year 2 – Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) Year 3 – Recently Qualified Teachers (RQTs)
Whole Cohort Training Whole Cohort Training Whole Cohort Training Approximately 26 session (20 in the main school Approximately 20 sessions (front loaded) which RQTs are invited to re-visit any NQT sessions and 6 in the 2nd second school) which cover a cover a range of topics including: which might be applicable. They can also attend range of topics including: Classroom expectations in my subject Making lunchtime sessions on a range of topics including: Lesson Planning good use of the conduct system Student Engagement with Feedback Classroom management Communicating with parents Effective Group work Differentiation Creating lessons that support students to High level thinking The Role of the Form Tutor make progress over time Questioning Assessment for Learning Learning from lesson observations Using and engaging with research (Key Stage 4 Teaching and Learning Strategies Encouraging collaborative working – coaching Starters & Plenaries Applying for Jobs triads, peer observations, school to school Techniques for checking understanding Effective deployment of Teaching Assistants support Variety of strategies and approached Post 16 Routes & Pathways Performance Management: understanding The X-Factor – inspiring students targets, outcomes and support available Pace – finding the right pace for challenge and consolidation One-to-One Support One-to-One Support One-to-One Support A weekly meeting with a subject mentor A fortnightly meeting with a subject mentor Bespoke support depending on areas of develop- Professional Studies tutor NQT co-ordinator ment University tutor
ETSA Training ETSA Training ETSA Training 4 Golden Days held at 4 different ETSA schools 4 NQT/RQT Days held at 4 different ETSA schools 4 NQT/RQT Days held at 4 different ETSA schools PLC TeachMeet & workshops PLC TeachMeet & workshops 4 PLC Open Days held at 4 different ETSA schools PLC TeachMeet & workshops How to apply for a School Direct position at ETSA
Applications for ETSA’s School Direct Programme must be made via UCAS. To do this, search “UCAS Teacher Training” where you will be directed to http://www.ucas.com/how-it-all-works/teacher-training. On this page, you can:
Search for 2018 training programmes Apply for 2018 training programmes
Searching for ETSA’s School Direct vacancies on UCAS Click on “Search for 2018 training programmes” and select “search for teacher training programmes” under “UCAS Teacher Training”:
On the next page, you can refine your search (e.g. School Direct salaried or unsalaried). To find our vacancies, type in “Ealing Teaching School Alliance” under “search for a training provider OR select a region”. On the next page, you will see a list of subjects – click on these to read more about the school and the programme. The results will appear as follows:
Please note that you cannot search by school in the Alliance. How to apply for a School Direct position at ETSA
Applying for ETSA’s School Direct vacancies on UCAS
When you know which subject, school and route you want to apply for, you can begin your application. Before you can apply, you must register with UCAS to create an account. When you have registered, click “apply for 2018 training programmes”. To apply for a position at ETSA, click on “add a choice” under the “Choices” tab as follows:
In the “training provider code” section, search for “Ealing Teaching School Alliance” and the course training provider code 1KV will be automatically entered. You can then choose your training programme by providing the UCAS course code of the vacancy you wish to apply for. Please see the list of vacancies in this booklet for individual course codes. When choosing a training location/campus, the school’s name will appear for you to select. Please note that for Twyford places, the location is listed as “main site”. ETSA vacancies are full-time and modular. See below for an example of applying for Salaried History at Twyford:
The other sections are straightforward and UCAS provide you with detailed instructions. Each tab in the lefthand column must be completed before you can submit your application. Please note that once you have completed and submitted your application, we will not receive your application until your referees have provided your reference. Frequently Asked Questions How long does the training programme last? The next cohort of ETSA School Direct trainees will begin their training in September 2018 and finish in summer 2019. I haven’t got a degree. Can I still apply? No, all candidates must hold a UK degree (or equivalent). Please note if you are currently studying towards an undergraduate degree, you must have completed the course prior to commence a School Direct training programme. I live outside of the UK. Can I still apply? All applicants must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for School Direct at ETSA. Some schools may be willing to sponsor applicants who are looking at applying for the salaried route in Physics, Maths or Computer Science. Do I need to have experience of working in a UK school? Yes, you need up to 10 days experience in a UK school to be considered for the School Direct Programme. School experience is essential if you’re interested in becoming a teacher. Before you apply for your training, you'll need to gain as much experience in the classroom as possible in order to strengthen your application and prepare you for potential interviews. It is possible to apply without this experience but you will need to arrange school experience before any offer can be made. To find out more about getting school experience, please visit https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/getting-school-experience.
What qualification will I receive at the end of the training programme? Trainees on the non-salaried route will gain a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) upon successful completion of the training year. Trainees on the salaried route will gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Can I apply by submitting a CV and covering letter directly to the School? No, all applications must be submitted via UCAS. To find a programme and to apply, please visit: https:// www.ucas.com/ucas/teacher-training
I’m having issues submitting my application via UCAS. Unfortunately we are unable to help with technical issues with UCAS. You can find plenty of help at https://www.ucas.com/ucas/teacher-training.
I have submitted my application and I haven’t heard back from you. After you have applied, you will receive a welcome email from UCAS within 48 hours. We aim to respond to applicants within 25 working days of receiving your application. If we would like to invite you to an interview, it is likely that it will take place within these 25 working days. Will I secure a teacher position with you after my training? We aim for 100% of our School Direct trainees to secure permanent employment with us upon successful completion of the training year. At ETSA, we see the School Direct training programme as the beginning of your teaching career with us, not just a one year training programme. For the past four years, the vast majority of our trainees have secured permanent employment within their main placement school, or partner school within the Alliance. Email us For school-related queries, please email ETSA : [email protected] For course-related queries, please email the relevant accrediting provider: Goldsmiths University: [email protected] Hillingdon SCITT: [email protected] St Mary’s University: [email protected]
Find out more ETSA: http://www.etsa.org.uk/ Twyford CE High School: http://www.twyford.ealing.sch.uk/ William Perkin CE High School: http://www.williamperkin.org.uk/ Brentside High School: http://www.brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk Dormers Wells High School: http://www.dwhs.co.uk/ Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls: http://www.ellenwilkinson.ealing.sch.uk/ Elthorne Park High School: http://www.ephs.ealing.sch.uk/ Featherstone High School: https://www.featherstonehigh.ealing.sch.uk/ Villiers High School: http://www.villiers.ealing.sch.uk/ Goldsmiths University: http://www.gold.ac.uk/educational-studies/schooldirect/ Hillingdon SCITT: http://www.hillingdonteachingschoolalliance.org/HillingdonSCITT/ St Mary’s University: https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/teacher-training/school-direct/overview.aspx