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How Do I Apply
Candidates can apply for a school direct place via the UCAS website
Teacher Training - How it all works
You can search for the relevant course through the Department for Education website available HERE The Salop Teaching School Alliance is listed as ‘The Priory School A Business and Enterprise College, Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9EE (1Q6) as this is the lead school within the Alliance.
We receive your application in school which is then reviewed by senior colleagues from the Salop Teaching School Alliance. We will look at your experience and qualification relevancy and will invite you to interview in school if your application meets our criteria. If you are unsuccessful at this stage, we will inform you of the decision via the UCAS Track facility. If you are successful we will invite you to interview at school. The interview will include a mini teach activity, formal interview, subject knowledge and literacy tests. The programme will be sent to you in advance and you will have 7 days to respond to the invitation. Interviews will be staged throughout October to July.
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My degree was gained abroad. Would I be able to apply for the School Direct programme?
To be eligible your degree must be equivalent to an honours degree. To check equivalency you can check on the NARIC overseas degree comparison table. –
NARIC overseas degree comparison table
You may also need to supply a NARIC check of your school certificates if your schooling was carried out overseas.
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I may be interested in teaching, but I would like to have some first-hand experience before making an application.
The School Experience Programme (SEP) gives prospective applicants for initial teacher training (ITT) the opportunity to spend one or more observation days in school to gain an insight into the role and responsibilities of a teacher.
The SEP targets high-quality graduates and undergraduates who are interested in teaching maths, chemistry, physics, languages, computing or design and technology. Eligible enquirers are offered an initial 1 day visit. Depending on eligibility and the availability of the host school, they are then offered up to a further 9 days at a time to suit the host school and participant.Details of the School Experience Programme are available from the Department for Education website below: