Colchester Teacher Training Consortium

Huge congratulations to our former trainee, Tom, on this incredible achievement - we are incredibly proud of you! 🌟

🔬 Train to Teach Science While You Earn! 🔬

One of our fantastic partner schools is looking to recruit a Science Apprentice Teacher for September 2026. This is an exciting opportunity to gain QTS whilst earning a salary and training in the classroom from day one.

The Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship route is designed for graduates who already have some experience working in schools and are ready to take on significant classroom responsibility from the start of the course, including teaching classes independently.

This route offers the chance to:

✨ Earn whilst you train
✨ Teach in the classroom from the very start
✨ Gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
✨ Receive high-quality training and support from CTTC and experienced school mentors
✨ Train in a supportive and ambitious school environment

This opportunity would suit graduates with a Science degree (or related subject) who are passionate about teaching and ready to begin their teacher training journey in September 2026.

Interested in finding out more? Please get in touch with us directly for further information - [email protected]

Our weekly face-to-face training allows trainees to connect and share their experiences with their peers. It’s a real highlight of the week to see trainees coming together, celebrating their successes, and watching those initial connections grow into lasting friendships.

This week we were delighted to welcome Dolly from The School of S*xuality Education to deliver a session to our Secondary trainees on teaching Relationships, S*x and Health Education.

Thank you, Dolly, for such an engaging and informative session!

⚠️ Application update for September 2026 start

Due to high demand, we will be temporarily pausing applications for the following courses from Friday 8th May:

Primary • Computing • History • Mathematics • Music • PE

We encourage you to apply before Friday 8th May to avoid missing out.

We are still accepting applications for other subjects.

For any queries, please get in touch.

🚨 High demand for September 2026!

We’re seeing a significant number of applications for our teacher training courses, and places in some subjects are already filling up fast.

If you’re thinking about training to teach, we’d encourage you to apply soon to avoid missing out.

Read more on our website: https://colchesterttc.org.uk/high-demand-for-september-2026-teacher-training-places

We were delighted to welcome Mary Smith, Senior Education and Engagement Officer from the UK Parliament, to CTTC today. Mary delivered an engaging session for both our Primary and Secondary trainees.

Trainees explored the role of Parliament and developed their understanding of how to teach key concepts such as democracy, the rule of law and civic responsibility effectively.

A fantastic opportunity to connect curriculum learning with real-world context and inspire the next generation of active citizens.

Hands-on History 🏛️

We were delighted to welcome Lynette Allison from Colchester and Ipswich Museums, who led an engaging session on object handling as part of our trainees’ history training. Trainees explored a range of Roman artefacts, developing their confidence in bringing history to life in the classroom.

Our Primary trainees have been getting creative in their recent art training session 🎨

It was fantastic to work alongside local artist and teacher Matt Mackman, exploring practical strategies, building subject knowledge and developing confidence to deliver high-quality art lessons in the classroom.