Information for Schools
This information is for schools in our region.
What is Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub’s role?
As a Teaching School Hub, we are required in our designation to maintain active involvement in the delivery of ITT.
We currently do this as a SCITT partner with Teach First and as set out in recommendation 10 of the ITT Market Review report, July 2021.
Increasing school engagement with ITT
In addition, NTSH has a wider strategic role as an advocate for high-quality ITT in Northamptonshire and has a responsibility on behalf the DfE relating to supporting ITT delivery in our Hub area.
As a TSH, we will:
- work with schools and ITT providers to understand the local market, context and challenges.
- raise the awareness of ITT and fight misinformation and encourage increased engagement, especially in cold-spot and areas of disadvantage.
Our activities will include:
- Mapping school involvement in ITT
- Increasing school engagement with ITT across Northamptonshire
- Promoting the profession and supporting recruitment to ITT
- Meeting regularly with all local ITT providers to implement the strategic plan for Northamptonshire.
Meet our ITT Strategic Lead
Kate Coleman
Kate is an experienced ITT programme manager and senior leader with extensive experience, having worked both in Higher Education and School Centred Initial Teacher Training. She has a thorough working knowledge of all routes into teaching, including Assessment Only and Apprenticeships and is an End Point Assessor. She has an effective understanding of the demands of the quality and compliance requirements for ITT and has developed training materials for primary and secondary trainees, mentors in school, and is a Lead for the PGCE with ARU. Kate has a background in school improvement and over 20 years teaching in primary schools.
Kate will be leading the ITT Strategy for Northamptonshire and is the point of contact for schools interested in engaging with ITT.
Kate is also the Chair for the Regional ITT Partnership Forum for all local providers.
Contact: kate.coleman@northantsTSHub.org
Train to Teach Northants
Collaboration and partnership is expressed powerfully through the Train to Teach Northants group.
Train to Teach Northants represents all local ITT providers in the region. Together we can support trainees to find the best programme and provider for their future careers.