/ Apprenticeships /
Start date:
June 2024
September 2024
Duration:
1 year
Do you want to inspire young people and help change lives? Would you like to enjoy a great starting salary and a rewarding career? The Roehampton Teaching Apprenticeship offers all of this.
Did you know
Ofsted rates our primary ages courses as 'Outstanding' and our secondary age courses as 'Good' (2023 report).
Skills
This postgraduate course gives you the skills to build a successful career in teaching while providing a holistic view of the profession; you will look at the role of the child, the curriculum and the teacher.
You can choose to study at Primary level or at Secondary across a range of subjects.
Learning
You will study a range of modules which will hone your expertise and effectiveness as a teacher.
You will learn how to manage a classroom, how planning and preparation contribute to the effectiveness of your teaching, how best to work with parents and other adults, and gain an understanding of children’s behaviour.
Our subject rooms are set up to include resources you will find in a classroom environment. This is important for your full immersion into the school environment and familiarity with the way classrooms are structured, and the type of resources teachers need on a daily basis.
Apprentices are based in their employing school for the majority of their training year, but there is also a requirement for a 6-week* placement in a second, contrasting school to increase the apprentice’s breadth of experience. These weeks will include the regular on-campus days at Roehampton.
For both placements (host and contrasting), primary apprentices should be placed in one class, with an experienced class teacher; apprentices should not be allocated to a class as the only teacher. Apprentices will require half a day of PPA time per week, to be taken with their class teacher, who will offer support with planning and preparation. Class teachers will observe their apprentice weekly, and hold a weekly review meeting with their apprentice following this observation (1 hour).
* 12 weeks if the employing school is a Special School to meet the requirements to gain QTS.
This one year programme will build your confidence in the classroom and will provide you with the subject knowledge to effectively teach the whole primary curriculum.
The Primary programme is for primary teachers of children aged 3-11 years old. This route covers both the core and wider primary curriculums. Apprentices will attend the University campus one day a week, most likely on a Friday.
The Secondary programme is for secondary school teachers for children aged 11-16 years old (11 – 18 years for Business and Economics, Dance, English, History, Psychology and Social Sciences). At Roehampton we offer all the national curriculum subjects, giving apprentices a wide choice of specialism. Apprentices will attend the University campus one day a week, most likely on a Wednesday.
All apprentices will complete the professional studies module which includes topics such as education theory, special educational needs, how to work with parents and best practice in a classroom.
Apprentices will be supported throughout the programme by our experienced tutors.
For a full breakdown of the course content and modules please see either:
Assessment
This one year programme will build your confidence in the classroom and will provide you with the subject knowledge to effectively teach the whole primary curriculum.
Two assessed teaching placements in our partner schools will provide you with invaluable hands-on work experience giving you the confidence for your future career and a better understanding of how teaching works in practice. The opportunity to review pedagogy in other schools is also provided.
Career
Completion of this one-year course will provide you with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) from one of the highest rated providers in the country.
You can go on to work as a teacher in primary or secondary schools.
Applying
If you are interested in completing this apprenticeship yourself, please speak to your employer to see if they offer an apprenticeship programme. We would be more than happy to speak to them about setting one up, so please do ask them to get in touch with us if they don’t have something in place.
If you are an employer and would like to offer apprenticeships at your organisation, please get in touch with us by emailing apprenticeships@roehampton.ac.uk.
We can provide you with all the information and guidance you need to set these up.