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Start date:
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.
Information for employers
The apprentice will be employed by you, the organisation for a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Apprentices must be employed for at least the duration of the apprenticeship, which will typically be between 12 to 48 months.
The apprentice will have the same employment rights as other employees and will be paid a salary, receive paid leave for study, complete coursework and attend university classes, usually once a week or in a block delivery.
As an employer, you will need to identify the mentor for the apprentice, who can support apprentice and attend tripartite reviews with apprentice and Training Provider (University of Roehampton). This will take place on termly basis and will give an opportunity to discuss progress of your apprentice.
Lastly, as an employer you will need to cover the funding for the apprenticeship programme.
As an employer, if your pay bill is over £3million, you are required to pay the Apprenticeship Levy to HMRC. You will be able to put these contributions toward the cost of a degree apprenticeship.
If your contributions have been exhausted, the government will pay at least 95% of the fees for you. You will need to cover the remaining 5%.
If your annual pay bill is less than £3million, you will not be contributing towards Apprenticeship Levy. However, the government will pay at least 95% of the fees for each apprentice you have. You will need to cover the remaining 5%.
Your apprenticeships can be funded by a levy paying employer transferring up to 25% of their unused levy to a different employer. For more information, visit GOV.UK.
If you are an employer you will need to create an account on the apprenticeship service. This will allow you to
- Receive the funds to put toward your apprenticeships
- Manage your apprentices
- Set up payments to your training provider
As the employer you will pay the training provider directly the 5%, if applicable. HMRC will pay the provider the 95% of the fees directly.
This funding can be used to pay for the training of your apprentice, however it will not cover their wages, so you will need to pay for that.
For more details, visit GOV.UK.
At the University of Roehampton, we have a long tradition of research and teaching in education and health.
We have been training teachers, through our four colleges, for 180 years and have launched a successful nursing programme both on our main campus and at Croydon University Centre. We are committed to ensuring our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills to add value to their employers, community and society more widely.
Through our partnerships with the National College of Education and QA we have experience and knowledge of apprenticeships. While we continue to partner with these education providers, we are now also offering apprenticeships directly.
We would like to hear from employers interested in apprenticeships provision in the following areas:
- Education
- Construction
- NHS, Health and Social Care:
- Nursing (Registered Nurse, Nursing Associate, Specialist and Community Public Health)
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Public Health Practitioner
- Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
- Arts Therapist and Health Play Specialist
- Sports Coaching
Apprenticeship standards that we offer:
- Teacher Apprenticeship
- Sports Coach Apprenticeship (subject to validation)
- Nursing Associate Apprenticeship (subject to validation)
- Academic Professional (subject to validation)
- Senior Leader (postgraduate)
We are committed to ensuring that our employer engagement meets the needs of our partners and of our apprentices, and that engagement is meaningful, clear and enables a continuous route for monitoring and evaluation.
Our processes for working in partnership with employers across our apprenticeship programmes is set out in our Employer Engagement Practice and Procedure for Apprenticeships.