ITT Coordinator Conference 2024-2025
Phase A and Phase B Placements 2024-2025
Dates
There are two teaching placements:
- Phase A (9 weeks) starts on Monday 17 October (with two Induction Days on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 October) and will finish on Friday 20 December 2024
- Phase B (16 weeks) begins on Monday 10 February and ends on 26 June 2025
Subjects
We are looking for placements in the following subject areas:
- English
- History
- History with Classics
- Mathematics
- Modern Languages (French, German and Spanish)
- Religious Studies/Education
- Science (specialisms in Chemistry, Biology and Physics)
- Social Science (Psychology, Sociology)
We need a range of placements to ensure that student teachers experience a variety of learning contexts and environments and have the opportunity to teach at KS3, KS4 and post-16. As the PGCE course attracts applicants from across the city of Leicester, Leicestershire and neighbouring counties, we’re also seeking schools in diverse locations to enable us to place student teachers within an hour’s travelling time of their home address.
Our recent (February 2024) Ofsted inspection (report attached) says: School leaders and local partners are highly complimentary of the provider’s outward facing, collaborative approach. As one professional typically explained, ‘We work in genuine partnership with the sole purpose of creating the next tranche of really good teachers.’ Another simply stated, ‘I am proud to be associated with a provider who works tirelessly to meet the needs of local schools and of the pupils in those settings.’
Training Requirements
The DfE now requires all mentors (co-tutors) to have 20 hours of training for their role. The school will be able to claim up to £876 if the mentor completes 20 hours of training and £43.80 per hour if they complete fewer hours.
Please submit your PGCE placement offers by going to:
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/leicester/secondary-pgce-placement-offers-2024-2025
Dates of interview and selection days for 2025-26 intake
Updated dates will be available once the PGCE Secondary course going live to apply.