School Direct – Science

About this course

Following a School Direct Secondary Mathematics route of Initial Teacher Training provides you with the practical training and theoretical knowledge required to become an outstanding Mathematics teacher.

Compared with non-School Direct teacher trainees, you will benefit from additional time in school, spending 25 weeks experiencing and working in different educational contexts.

At The Radclyffe School we are committed to giving Initial Teacher Trainees a wide range of professional development opportunities. As such, we organise a relevant and varied Professional Studies programme which is tailored to your stage of development throughout the academic year.

Sessions focus on topics such as behaviour management strategies, outstanding learning and teaching, using school data to boost performance, stretching the most able, supporting students with Special Educational Needs and high quality feedback and assessment for learning.

In addition, you will take part in a student track activity at the start of the year so you can gain experience of a wide range of teaching across the school. You will also observe outstanding lessons, our experienced staff and Excellent Teachers, Advanced Skills Teachers and Lead Practitioners and take part in additional and bespoke New Staff professional development training throughout the year.

Our Science Faculty is a complementary mix of colleagues within a diverse team of experienced staff, NQTs and RQTs, with each member of the team bringing their own individual personality and a wealth of knowledge and skills.

Further to this:

• The faculty has a number of subject specialists to support you across all areas of the curriculum. Staff within the faculty regularly achieve outstanding grades in their teaching.
• We believe in our school ethos of ‘Working Together for Excellence’ and constantly collaborate to share outstanding ideas and resources.
• We constantly improve our learning and teaching skills with colleagues specialising in educational research and training.
• Our results are continually improving and compare favourably with national and local figures.

Interview

You will be interviewed by a panel which includes;  School Direct Co-ordinator, Assistant Head Teacher with responsibility for Learning and Teaching and the Head of Science.

The interview process will include a formal interview, written task and presentation to students (e.g. planning and delivering part of a lesson or assembly).

All applications for Schools Direct are processed through the UCAS Teacher Training website.