Primary & Early Years

WE ARE RECRUITING FOR OUR 2025/2026 COURSES

Visit our ‘How to apply’ page to start your application.  If you have any questions before you apply, please feel free to contact a member of our friendly team who will be happy to discuss your journey into teaching with you.

Essex and Thames Education is a charity that runs teacher training courses in Essex, Southend and Thurrock for new and existing teachers in the East of England, including initial teacher training. View ‘Our Courses‘ to see details of all our training programmes.

 

Essex & Thames Education also provides various other services in Essex, Southend and Thurrock, including professional development opportunities for teachers, leaders and teaching assistants. Contact us to learn more about our CPD training offer, including face-to-face courses and e-learning programmes.

We’d love you to join our ‘SCITT family’.
You can apply now!

 

We provide an extensive support network for all our trainees. This includes pastoral care through tutorials with experienced tutors who are dedicated to your success and wellbeing.

• Access high-quality training programmes designed to help you become an outstanding teacher
• Learn from our experienced and highly qualified professionals in the East of England
• Receive coaching, mentoring and personal support to ensure your success and wellbeing
Maximise your career prospects – 100% of our graduates secure jobs
• Take advantage of a variety of free course enrichments in a range pf popular areas
• Receive the latest updates on educational research and developments
• Enjoy flexible options for study, including online or virtual sessions

You can start or continue a teacher training application for our 2025-2026 courses.
Start the application process today by clicking the button below

 

Are you a SCHOOL WANTING TO OFFER AN APPRENTICESHIP TO A MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF?
Please email apprentice@ete.org.uk to discuss your next steps!

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The Assessment-Only route to QTS is a specialised assessment route, distinct from a traditional training course, for graduates employed on a teaching contract. This route is designed for those with a diverse and comprehensive range of experience in schools or other settings, allowing them to meet all the Teachers’ Standards without the need for further training.

Teachers produce a portfolio of evidence, are observed teaching, and take part in a viva. The cost of qualifying as a teacher through the Assessment only route to QTS is £2,800, payable before the first visit.Additional costs may apply if you are a teacher working abroad who requires an assessment team to travel to carry out an assessment in your home setting, and travel costs might apply if you work in a school a long distance away from the SCITT. We will, of course, try our best to minimise any such costs.More information here -> etpscitt.co.uk/our-courses-pgce-qts/assessment-only-essex-southend-thurrock/#traintoteach #teachinessex #qts #assessmentonly #qualifiedteacher #HLTA #teachingassistant #teachertraining ... See MoreSee Less

The Assessment-Only route to QTS is a specialised assessment route, distinct from a traditional training course, for graduates employed on a teaching contract. This route is designed for those with a diverse and comprehensive range of experience in schools or other settings, allowing them to meet all the Teachers’ Standards without the need for further training.

Teachers produce a portfolio of evidence, are observed teaching, and take part in a viva. 

The cost of qualifying as a teacher through the Assessment only route to QTS is £2,800, payable before the first visit.

Additional costs may apply if you are a teacher working abroad who requires an assessment team 
to travel to carry out an assessment in your home setting, and travel costs might apply if you work in a school a long distance away from the SCITT. We will, of course, try our best to minimise any such costs.

More information here -> https://etpscitt.co.uk/our-courses-pgce-qts/assessment-only-essex-southend-thurrock/

#traintoteach #teachinessex #qts #assessmentonly #qualifiedteacher #HLTA #teachingassistant #teachertraining

Teachers are the foundation of all other professions. Every teacher shapes a life. Want to be a teacher? Visit our website to learn about the courses we offer and to sign up for an information session.

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Teachers are the foundation of all other professions. Every teacher shapes a life. Want to be a teacher? Visit our website to learn about the courses we offer and to sign up for an information session. 

https://etpscitt.co.uk/what-is-on/

#getintoteaching #traintoteach #teachertraining #essex #teaching #education #primaryteaching #qts #pgce #apprenticeship #teachers

What Ofsted said about our course: “Trainees are incredibly well prepared for their future careers at this outstanding provider of school-centred initial teacher training”

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What Ofsted said about our course: “Trainees are incredibly well prepared for their future careers at this outstanding provider of school-centred initial teacher training”

#testimonialtuesday #getintoteaching #teachinessex #qts #pgce #teachereducation #teachertraining #teaching #primaryqts #ofsted #outstanding

The multi-store model is an explanation of memory proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin which assumes there are three unitary (separate) memory stores, and that information is transferred between these stores in a linear sequence.

read more: www.simplypsychology.org/multi-store.htmlTrain to teach with us. www.etpscitt.co.uk#cogSci #CognitiveLoad #HowWeLearn #getintoteaching #traintoteach #memory #cognitivescience #cognition #research #Researched ... See MoreSee Less

The multi-store model is an explanation of memory proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin which assumes there are three unitary (separate) memory stores, and that information is transferred between these stores in a linear sequence.

read more: https://www.simplypsychology.org/multi-store.html

Train to teach with us. www.etpscitt.co.uk

#cogsci #cognitiveload #howwelearn #getintoteaching #traintoteach #memory #cognitivescience #cognition #research #researched
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