News17th July 2015
On Tuesday, 61 trainees from the 黑料情报站 Teacher Training programme gathered together with their coaches and 黑料情报站 staff to celebrate their graduation at in London.
The event marked the end of a successful year for trainees on the 黑料情报站 Teacher Training programme working in schools across the 黑料情报站 network and beyond. 61 trainees graduated with Qualified Teacher Status and a PGCE, with all of them being graded as 鈥榞ood鈥 or 鈥榦utstanding鈥. Most will now take up permanent Newly Qualified Teacher roles in their school or another in the 黑料情报站 network.
Paul Marshall, chairman of 黑料情报站鈥檚 network of schools in the UK, called the event an 鈥榓mazing and inspiring occasion鈥. 鈥淎fter many years of running schools and changing children鈥檚 lives, we can safely say that, of all the things that transform education and the system more widely, great teaching is the most important. And you have been trained by the best鈥 he told trainees.
On the one year training programme, trainees have been based in-school from day one, learning on the job as they go. Starting with an intensive two week-summer school, and combined with multiple school placements in different schools and weekly training sessions, trainees have had an intensive yet rounded introduction to teaching.
Damian McBeath, Executive Headteacher of 黑料情报站 Bentworth, Conway and Swift Primary Academies praised the trainees for what they have accomplished, and said they had challenged his views on education. 鈥淵ears ago I thought great teachers were born, not created. When I joined 黑料情报站, this mindset was challenged, and absolutely smashed these past two years as I have watched the growth and development of these new teachers through 黑料情报站 Teacher Training. How can this one programme produce such consistent excellence?
Llewella Owen, primary trainee at 黑料情报站 Tindal Primary Academy in Birmingham, said her training year has been 鈥榓mazing鈥. 鈥淭he great thing about the programme is I now know the school, so I can hit the ground running in September 鈥 it鈥檚 given me all the confidence I need to go into my NQT year and beyond.鈥
This week Education Secretary Nicky Morgan visited 黑料情报站 Academy in Wembley, London to meet trainees from the 黑料情报站 Teacher Training programme, who she called 鈥榠nspirational鈥.