Carlisle School Alliance

A good morning’s training at QEGS Penrith today, with our mentors for September’s new cohort. Looking forward to the new academic year already!

Lovely day celebrating the end of the course for this year’s PGCE cohort. Well done all. Keep in touch!

The recruitment window for September 2026’s PGCE cohort is now closed! We’re looking forward to working with those who have signed up. We re-open recruitment in October for the NEXT cohort.

We're amid the final Lead Mentor Visits to trainees in schools now. Our cohort have made great progress from their tentative steps as teachers in September to the confident classroom "presences" they now have. Thanks to all Mentors in school for the guidance & support!🙌 One CumbriaSheffield Hallam University

Recruitment is still open for our PGCE courses that start Sep 2026! The DfE offer bursaries in many subjects. Plenty of info on the DfE's "Get into teaching" site and the CSA section on Trinity School's website. Hurry, we've filled some subjects already!

A big thanks to The Nelson Thomlinson School for hosting the first of this week’s ITAP days. Ros Morley and Rebecca Galley led a really interesting day on disciplinary literacy, followed up on Tuesday with our deliberate practice work to utilise the strategies and concepts encountered.