E21C announced as official Teach First SCITT delivery partner in Bromley

Education for the 21st Century has been announced as an official Teach First SCITT delivery partner in Bromley.

The one-year School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme will launch in September 2024 and will allow the Trust to train its own teachers, provide progression pathways for current employees and ensure pupils have access to high-quality teachers.

CEO of Education for the 21st Century Trust Simon Garrill said they are delighted to be working in partnership with Teach First

Garrill added: “Being able to provide our own Initial Teacher Training will be a huge benefit to theTrust, our partners and schools within our areas. We can educate and support aspiring teachers in the first stages of their profession and provide more opportunities to our current staff to achieve their career goals."

"Our children are at the heart of everything we do so being able to provide them with outstanding teachers will mean they receive an excellent education."

The one-year SCITT programme gives trainees hands-on experience in the classroom alongside a first class, comprehensive training and development programme. Trainee teachers will be interacting every day with pupils and will be fully immersed in school life in a school local to them. The intensive and weekly training has been developed in partnership with curriculum design experts at Teach First to ensure a quality research-led programme.

The approach includes: Online and face to face training; subject and phase specific training combined with effective teaching methods; support from skilled and knowledgeable mentors; Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) on graduation.

Olivia Page, Director of Development, said: “We are delighted to have launched this SCITT programme in partnership with Teach First.

“We are determined to be a highly aspirational organisation with the highest quality professional development opportunities at the heart of our work. We want to ensure that teachers have the highest quality professional development opportunities from the start of their career, and we want to strengthen recruitment and retention.”

To find out more about the Trust’s SCITT programme click here.