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Click here to go the Department for Education website to find out more
about how to "GET INTO TEACHING!"
You can use the UCAS Teacher Training website to search and apply for
places on all teacher training courses.
Applicants for the primary general course in 15/16 with a 2:1 degree or higher
may qualify for a bursary of £4,000 or more.
Click here to find out more.
A warm welcome to the South Bolton Teaching Partnership and thank you for taking time to
find out more about our primary school direct programme. The Farnworth primary schools
work within the St.James Teaching School Alliance, providing a bespoke primary school
direct programme for our trainees. Head teachers in Farnworth (working together under the
Farnworth Learning Collaborative) are determined to attract outstanding practitioners into
their schools and work collaboratively to ensure our programme supports this.
Within our programme, trainees enjoy a blended programme which includes;
● Attending a weekly group training session (usually half a day) with the group of primary
trainees, receiving high quality practitioner-led training, peer support and joint practice
development opportunities.
● School-led professional learning where you would be able to take advantage of a range of
professional development opportunities within your own school.
● Attending high quality training provided by other primary schools and the teaching school
throughout the year.
● Attending MMU in line with the expectations as specified on their website.
● Focussed support and mentoring, by the very best practitioners within their own school.
During the year you will be attached to a main school (placement A) and spend 7 weeks in a
second primary school. (placement B) You will also spend 2 weeks in a SEND placement. This
is designed to enhance and extend your knowledge of how young children learn and how to
create the very best teaching and learning environment.
We recognise and value the decision you made to come into our schools. As such,
throughout the year you will be very well supported. We are keen to see each individual
trainee working to achieve the very best and enjoying success in their chosen career! We
know professional development is a two way process. As such we will listen to you, work to
identify your own development needs and support you in meeting your targets. We work
with determination in a collaborative school-led system across Farnworth.
Your career in teaching with us will be challenging but the most rewarding experience.
Please do not hesitate to make contact if you need any further information. No question is
too trivial and we would love to talk to you. To arrange a telephone conversation or a face
to face meeting please contact.
Lynn Williams (Head teacher at St.Peter’s School, Farnworth)
Tel 01204 333090
What do our trainees say about us?
"Having completed a little under half the course, School
Direct training in Farnworth is intense, challenging but
remarkably rewarding. Being one of a group of trainees who
meet regularly in a supportive environment is a great
strength of the course. These sessions are also used to
provide bespoke training directly related to the individual
needs of trainees."
"Based on my conversations with others on SD and PGCE
courses, I would say that the most positively distinguishing
feature of my course is the quality of support facilitated by its
structure. From the start, it has been explicit that my
professional mentor, my personal mentor, my peers, and my
head teacher have all been unanimously investing in my
progress and success."
"I have found that the links between schools in the South
Bolton Teaching Partnership, both primary and secondary,
are unique in sharing progress, training and enhancement.
This has meant I have been provided with a strong network
of support and professional development and given access
to a broad and varied pool of knowledge, experience and
resources. This particular Primary School Direct Course is the
only course I know that delivers a structured, practitionerled development plan which merges with my school based
training and is based on regular weekly support
sessions, each shaped around my experiences, needs and
aspirations."
"My experience so far as a school direct student has gone
well above my initial expectations. Before I started as a
school direct student, I had very little experience in schools
and did not know what to expect. From the very beginning, I
was given a clear structure of what I was going to be doing at
school and was given responsibility from day one. The
support from my class mentor has been excellent and I feel
very lucky to be able to watch and follow ‘Outstanding’
practise on a daily basis. The way that school direct is
structured allows you to explore every different aspect of
teaching as unlike some teaching courses, you are in school
almost full time which provides you with lots of essential
experience. One of the things I like most about the school
direct course is that we have a weekly meeting with our
group mentor along with the other school direct trainees.
During this time we get the chance to discuss anything that
we want to share and we also have regular visits from other
teaching professionals to share their expertise with us. I
would recommend this course to anybody who wants to get
into teaching as it is the best way to gain the most
experience with the best support possible."
For more information please click on the link below which will take
you to St. James' Secondary website, the lead school in our alliance.
More information about School Direct in Farnworth.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.