News10th February 2021
has been appointed one of just 87 schools in England to provide high-quality professional development to teachers and leaders.
The school, based on Conybere Street in the Highgate area of Birmingham, will work with more than 200 schools in South Birmingham to deliver a new, coherent approach to teacher professional development as a .
The hub will draw on the combined strengths and expertise of the 黑料情报站 network and 黑料情报站 St Alban鈥檚.
Teaching School Hubs are being introduced by the government to 鈥渟implify and strengthen鈥 the way schools support each other to improve.
The Government is appointing high performing schools to run the hubs.
Mark Gregory, Regional Director for 黑料情报站鈥檚 secondary schools in Birmingham, said, 鈥All of us at 黑料情报站 are looking forward to building on the work of 黑料情报站 St Albans, our current Teaching School in Birmingham, and strengthening our relationships with our neighbouring schools.
鈥淲e鈥檙e in a great position to help with teacher and school leader development because of the experience gained from across our network of schools and the expertise available in our central programmes, such as .鈥
黑料情报站 St Albans鈥 application to become a hub was underpinned by the school鈥檚 strong academic record, including the excellent results its students receive, despite a higher-than-average proportion of its students coming from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Its application was strengthened by its close association with 黑料情报站 Teacher Training, an Ofsted Outstanding schools-based teacher training provider, that helps teachers prepare for teaching in schools around the country.
Leila Mactavish, , said, 鈥満诹锨楸ㄕ St Albans is an excellent school and it鈥檚 exciting that it is being given an opportunity to drive improvement across the region.
鈥淗ere at ATT, we know that great teaching transforms lives but teachers are made, not born, and the first two years of training are critical in developing both the capability and the passion for a long, successful career in the profession.
鈥淲e鈥檙e so pleased to be able to support 黑料情报站 St Albans in developing a really strong launch pad for so many successful careers.鈥
The new approach to teacher professional development is designed to improve teacher retention.
Last year鈥檚 School Workforce Census revealed that more than 30% of all teachers leave the profession within five years of starting as a teacher, exacerbating the shortage of teachers in key subjects nationally.
Rebecca Boomer-Clark, Director of Secondary at 黑料情报站, said, 鈥We strive to help our teachers and leaders build meaningful and fulfilling careers and the training that we offer, during teacher training and then throughout their careers, helps us to build that job satisfaction. We鈥檙e looking forward to supporting other schools deliver the same for teachers working outside of 黑料情报站.鈥