Become the next generation of teachers with Melrose Learning Trust
Melrose Initial Teacher Training
Melrose Learning Trust is committed to developing and nurturing trainees and supporting teachers as they move through their career. We are dedicated to developing our own teachers from the early stages of their career within a trust that believes in ‘growing together in life in all its fullness’. We are very proud of the fact that Melrose Learning Trust benefits from having a strong team of highly experienced staff with expertise in both Initial Teacher Training and the induction of Early Career Teachers.
We work in partnership with Sunderland University to train the next generation of teachers within a school-based primary setting. Our school-based teacher training is an ideal route to gain the skills and qualifications you need to become a teacher, a one-year programme where you can make a difference from day one.
Trainee teachers are immersed in the school environment from the outset, meaning that you will ‘live and breathe’ real-life teaching from day one. Every trainee is carefully matched to a single class in a ‘host school’ where you work and train for most of the year, becoming a real and valued part of the school team. During the first half of the Spring Term, all trainees are given the opportunity to experience an alternate key stage in a different school, after which you return to your host school for the remainder of the programme.
Every trainee is linked with a trained school-based mentor who will oversee and monitor your development and act as your trainer within school for the year. As a trainee teacher you will work alongside your mentor to develop and support you in learning effective classroom strategies. Your mentor will provide you with high quality feedback and set you training targets to enable you to reflect on your learning and ensure you make progress, providing a truly personalised programme. Over the year, further responsibility and an increased percentage of teaching is gradually passed over to you as you gain in confidence and experience.
Additionally, you will have a university-based mentor who works closely with you and your school mentor. They will give further support and assess your progress towards the Foundational Concepts and finally, by the end of the course, Teachers’ Standards.
For further details regarding the course please follow the link to University of Sunderland below:
PGCE Primary Education with QTS (School Based) | The University of Sunderland
What to expect?
The majority of the autumn term is spent within your host school with weekly attendance at Sunderland University. During this term you will be supported to complete classroom-based tasks and begin to deliver lessons in accordance with your personalised targets. By the end of the Autumn term the expectation is that your teaching commitment will gradually build up to approximately 50% of the week.
The Spring term begins with an opportunity for you to experience a different school setting within Melrose Learning Trust or one of our partner schools. You will spend 5 weeks developing your classroom practice with pupils in a different key stage and learn from experienced teachers within that school. You will continue to regularly attend Sunderland University. By the end of the term, you will have returned to your host school and will begin your final teaching practice.
The Summer term sees the completion of your assessed teaching practice. At this stage, the expectation is that you will demonstrate that you can plan an appropriate sequence of work across the full range of the curriculum. You will build up to teaching 80% of the weekly timetable, including the preparation of teaching resources, engaging marking and feedback activities and fulfilling the main requirements of a classroom teacher. This will prepare you for entry into the profession as a qualified teacher.
Enrichment days are built into our core programme to further enhance your training, equipping you with a broader knowledge, skills and understanding to teach in a wide range of contexts.
To apply for Melrose Learning Trust School Based PGCE please visit the Department for Education Apply website
Primary (Q971) with Melrose Learning Trust – Find teacher training courses – GOV.UK
For one reason or another, Amber couldn't be awarded her Gold Token until today - she was actually nominated way back on 13th March! ... See MoreSee Less
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We are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow ready for the start of the Summer Term.
A reminder that the changes to the timings of the school day begin tomorrow for children in Reception to Year 6 (no changes for Nursery).
At 8.40am the playground and Reception gates will open. All the children will say goodbye to their adults at the gate and will walk straight into school to get into class for registration at 8.50am.
The gates will close promptly at 8.50am.
Any children arriving after that time will need to be taken to the main entrance by an adult who will be asked for the reason for their lateness. Up to 9.00am this will be marked in the register as 'Late' but after 9.20am it will be marked as 'Unauthorised absence'.
Hometime arrangements will not change, except that the end of the school will be 3.20pm with the playground gates opening at 3.15pm.
Teachers will not be available to talk to before school as they will be with the children, but messages can be left with the member of staff at the gate or at the office. ... See MoreSee Less
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A very warm welcome to all the families joining our school community today on Primary School Place Offer Day! We are delighted that so many of you will be starting this exciting journey with us. We can’t wait to meet you and your children, and to share all the learning, friendships and opportunities ahead. Welcome to our school family! ... See MoreSee Less
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Happy Easter everyone ... See MoreSee Less
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After a thorough sort out, only 5 of the 70 items in the Lost Property Box are named - these will be washed and returned to their owners after the Easter holiday.
That left 2 coats, 3 caps, 8 pairs of gloves, 1 pair of tights, 4 hats, 15 school jumpers and 32 cardigans which have all been donated to the School Uniform Exchange run by Darlington Borough Council and Darlington Cares
PLEASE name items before the children return to school after Easter ... See MoreSee Less
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We have decided the best date for the postponed Easter Disco is Thursday 14th May which will double as a celebration for the children in Year 6 who will finish their SATs that morning!!
Any tickets already purchased will be transferred. ... See MoreSee Less
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At the end of a very busy term, I would like to thank our wonderful children, staff, and families for all their hard work, enthusiasm, support and care.
At this time of year, we celebrate Easter – a message of hope, new life, and fresh beginnings.
Although we weren’t able to have our Easter Service in the hall today, the whole school did come together with Father Damon, Mother Jess and Mother Moji via Teams.
Whether you are celebrating Easter, another tradition, or simply enjoying the spring break, I hope the holidays bring rest and joy.
We look forward to welcoming everyone back for the summer term, refreshed, smiling, and (hopefully) not entirely made of Easter eggs!
Wishing you all a happy and peaceful break. ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations to the Blue House Team who once 'eggain' won the Easter Reward for earning the most House Team Tokens in the Spring Term.
They searched the playground and field and found all 46 Easter eggs that had been hidden.
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And finally, entries from Classes 4, 5 and 6 ... See MoreSee Less
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