West London Teaching School Alliance (Primary) SCHOOL DIRECT TEACHER TRAINING 2017-18 UCAS Provider Code 1EL in partnership with Programme information for UCAS Unsalaried Primary Course Code 2VP4 PGCE (M) + QTS Foundation Stage/KS1 (with additional school bursary) This programme is available at Colville Primary School Fox/Ashburnham Primary Schools West London Free School Primary Trust Important Note: This is one of six WLTSA unsalaried primary programmes. We are aiming to recruit up to 9 trainees on this particular programme (2VP4) but WLTSA as a whole is permitted to recruit 27 unsalaried primary trainees across all six programmes. As soon as 27 offers have been made, we will need to close recruitment for unsalaried primary whether or not this particular programme is full. At that time we will request more places from government but these are not guaranteed. Early application is therefore advised. Updates on our website will show the tally of offers at any one time. School Direct Training Programme - Unsalaried Contents Page 1 Why Train with Us? 2 1.1 Introduction 2 1.2 The West London Teaching School Alliance (WLTSA) 2 1.3 WLTSA School Direct Partner Schools & Vacancy Updates 3 1.4 Your Host School 4 1.5 Strategic Lead Primary 6 1.6 Our University Partner – Roehampton University 6 2 About this training programme 7 2.1 Introduction 7 2.2 Number of Places Available 7 2.3 Qualification Outcome – PGCE (M) with QTS Explained 8 2.4 Training Structure 8 2.5 School Component 9 2.6 University Component – Roehampton University 9 2.7 Costs and Finances 9 3 Entry Requirements 11 3.1 Academic Requirements 11 3.2 School Experience 11 3.3 Professional Skills Tests 12 3.4 Medical Fitness 12 3.5 DBS/Prohibition Checks 12 4 What we are looking for 12 4.1 Personal Requirements 12 5 How we select our trainees 13 5.1 Selection 13 5.2 Interviews 14 5.3 Rejections following interview 14 5.4 Offers 14 APPENDIX 1: ABOUT THE WLTSA This includes general information including our UCAS provider code; information about our partner universities and partner schools; childcare facilities; accommodation, disability access and where to find us. West London Teaching School Alliance September 2016 School Direct Training Programme - Unsalaried 1 Why Train with Us? 1.1 Introduction In considering why to train with us, it is important to understand the strengths of: The West London Teaching School Alliance; the host school where you would be located for the majority of your training; our strategic lead primary school (Fox Primary School) who coordinate the programme and deliver elements of the training; and our university partner for this programme. 1.2 The West London Teaching School Alliance (WLTSA) The West London Teaching School Alliance (WLTSA) is coordinated through Sacred Heart High School in Hammersmith, which is designated as a National Teaching School. The WLTSA covers both the primary and secondary sectors with a wide variety of partner schools including those in the mainstream across the 5-19 age range, as well as Faith Schools, Free Schools and Special Schools. We are an innovative and growing partnership, now expanding beyond our original focussed area of central West London, with member schools in the London Boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster; Richmond; Ealing, Hillingdon and Merton. For 2017-18, we are seeking to fill 89 School Direct places across 45 of our schools and we are working with three different university providers to achieve this (St Mary’s University, Twickenham; University of Roehampton; and UCL (Institute of Education)). Training with WLTSA schools gives you the unique opportunity to experience a broad range of teaching environments, with all our schools aiming to provide the highest quality teaching and learning for their pupils and the trainees they are developing. Our partnered schools all offer you the opportunity to train to teach with excellent, experienced teachers in dynamic learning environments that foster talent. Within WLTSA there are extensive opportunities for future professional leadership development including an excellent Masters Programme with St Mary’s. WLTSA has a commitment to achieving excellence in learning, teaching and school leadership. We aim to appoint the highest calibre of teachers in our schools: who are innovative in the teaching practices they adopt; seek to collaborate and support each other through strong partnerships; and Page 2 West London Teaching School Alliance September 2016 School Direct Training Programme - Unsalaried engage in the intelligent use of research and development of pedagogy. We continue to stay abreast of national and international educational research to inform our approach. We aim to inspire our teachers to be advocates of life- long learning who become outstanding practitioners, colleagues, managers and leaders in our schools, equipped to adapt to the needs of learners and schools of the future. We aim to provide a clear framework for career development to ensure high quality, relevant training to meet the needs of teaching staff at different stages of their careers, from career entry to headship in its increasingly various forms OUR VISION: A bright future for all learners through innovation, collaboration, engagement and success. 1.3 WLTSA School Direct Partner Schools & Vacancy Updates A full list of all our 45 School Direct Partner schools (with web-links and postcodes) is set out in Appendix 1. Each of our School Direct partner schools has requested to run a specific programme (or programmes) and you can see a full list of the programmes available at each of the 45 schools in the initial teacher training tab on our website wltsa.org.uk. These lists are regularly updated to show recruitment progress. Sometimes several of our schools wish to run the same programme and when you apply you will be able to select which specific school you wish to be considered by. Programmes remain ‘open’ on UCAS until places have been accepted by trainees. Sometimes we receive applications: when shortlisting at a specific school has already taken place; when interviews at a specific school are already underway; or when offers have already been made but not yet accepted. It is therefore advisable to check the latest status on our website but rest assured that if you apply for one of our programmes at a school that then becomes full we will email you and can transfer your application to another school of your choosing without the need for you to make any further UCAS application. Similarly, if you are interviewed by one of our schools with limited places and they cannot take you on but they consider you to be a worthy candidate, then we have flexibility to transfer your application to another school with the same programme or even to a different programme, subject to your agreement. You can also use our website to compare entry requirements of different programmes partnered with different universities. By clicking on the programme information button in our vacancies tables, you will be able to view the programme document (like this one). The structure of all the programme documents is identical to assist comparison. Page 3 West London Teaching School Alliance September 2016 School Direct Training Programme - Unsalaried If you have queries, please email us centrally at [email protected] rather than contacting our partner schools. The school (or schools) hosting this particular programme are described below. 1.4 Your Host School When you apply, you will be able select which school (or trust/federation as applicable) you want to be your host school. Each of our programmes also includes a shorter second placement at another WLTSA school which we select during the training, to ensure that it provides a sufficiently contrasting experience. We have 3 WLTSA schools/trusts who have specifically asked to host trainees on this particular unsalaried programme: Colville Primary School W11 2DF Fox Primary School W8 7PP & Ashburnham Community School, SW10 0DT West London Free School Primary Trust W6 0LB See further details on each school below. All these schools are offering bursaries for trainees in addition to any available from DfE. See fuller details of the bursaries and eligibility in the finance section 2.7 below. Colville Primary School W11 2DF Colville Primary School is a safe, stimulating, inclusive and friendly school dedicated to the success of its children. Pupils at Colville make outstanding progress and achieve outstanding outcomes across a wide range of subjects. Over the last five years we have a proven track record of training high quality staff for a number of roles including teaching. Situated in the heart of Portobello Road it is used by many community groups and its diverse pupil population make it a vibrant school. The families’ contribution to the school is essential and by working with families the school has enabled pupils in the school to develop their skills and knowledge at a greater pace than could otherwise be expected. Colville Primary School provides excellent and experienced mentors for its trainees and anticipates hosting six School Direct trainees for 2017-18. Fox Primary School W8 7PP Ashburnham Community School SW10 0DT Fox Primary School and Ashburnham Community School are part of a single federation, led by the same Executive Headteacher. They will consider applications and interview as one federation. Prior to any offer being made they will discuss with candidates their preferences regarding their host school. Page 4 West London Teaching School Alliance September 2016 School Direct Training Programme - Unsalaried Fox and Ashburnham have hosted teacher trainees for many years and Fox acts as strategic lead for the WLTSA primary programmes partnered with Roehampton, delivering part of the training for all WLTSA trainees. Fox Primary School is a community Primary School based in the heart of Notting Hill Gate rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (2009).