Essex and Thames SCITT

Essex and Thames SCITT One of the UKʼs best established ITE teacher training providers. Offering QTS, PGCE, Assessment Only, ECT, Apprenticeships. Visit our website to find out how!

Are you thinking of becoming a teacher? www.etpscitt.co.uk

Are you thinking about becoming a teacher next September? Our next online event is on Weds 23rd September. This is a spe...
16/09/2026

Are you thinking about becoming a teacher next September? Our next online event is on Weds 23rd September. This is a special Get Ready to Apply event where we will explain the application process.

Hear from our team and learn about our teacher training courses.

Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/msez2t52

How does learning actually happen? Tom Sherrington's model of the learning process gives trainees a clear way to think a...
15/09/2026

How does learning actually happen? Tom Sherrington's model of the learning process gives trainees a clear way to think about it.

Our trainees use it to plan for memory rather than for activity: what pupils need to already know, how new material is introduced in small enough steps, where practice and retrieval fit, and how you find out what has stuck.

The test is always the same one. What did the pupils learn, and how do we know?

https://teacherhead.com/2020/03/10/a-model-for-the-learning-process-and-why-it-helps-to-have-one/

What are we looking for in a trainee? Not a finished teacher. We are looking for people who notice children: who can tel...
14/09/2026

What are we looking for in a trainee?

Not a finished teacher. We are looking for people who notice children: who can tell the difference between a pupil who has understood and one who is nodding along.

Alongside that: the resilience to be given feedback and act on it, curiosity about why something worked, and enough organisation to hold together a demanding year.

The subject knowledge, the behaviour strategies and the assessment are what the training year is for.

FIND YOUR ROUTE: www.etpscitt.co.uk | 01268 988580

Are you thinking about becoming a teacher next September? We've got several online Q and A events coming up this term. H...
13/09/2026

Are you thinking about becoming a teacher next September? We've got several online Q and A events coming up this term.

Hear from our team and learn about our teacher training courses.

Sign up for one of these events here: https://tinyurl.com/msez2t52

What you actually need in order to train as a teacher: - A degree, any class - GCSE grade 4 or above in English, maths ...
12/09/2026

What you actually need in order to train as a teacher:

- A degree, any class
- GCSE grade 4 or above in English, maths and science, or a recognised equivalent

That is the list. Not a first, not a teaching background, not a particular degree subject.

If you are unsure whether your qualifications count, ask us. We look at equivalences all the time.

ASK A QUESTION: 01268 988580 | www.etpscitt.co.uk

Our new trainees had their first face to face lectures this week - Science with Danny. Exploring the science curriculum,...
10/09/2026

Our new trainees had their first face to face lectures this week - Science with Danny. Exploring the science curriculum, working scientifically and looking at plants.

You already know the children. You know which ones need a second explanation, who is masking, who has had a difficult mo...
10/09/2026

You already know the children. You know which ones need a second explanation, who is masking, who has had a difficult morning.

If you are a teaching assistant with a degree, the Level 6 Teaching Apprenticeship lets you train as a teacher in the school you already work in, on a salary, while keeping all of that knowledge.

You will need your school to employ and host you throughout the apprenticeship. We can help you have that conversation.

TALK TO US: 01268 988580
https://etpscitt.co.uk/get-into-teaching/apprenticeships/

09/09/2026

Nursery and pre-school leaders: you already have practitioners who are excellent with children. EYITT turns that into a recognised teaching qualification without taking them out of your setting.

Our fully funded Graduate Employment Based route develops early years teachers in the room where they already work. The children keep the adult they are attached to, and your setting keeps the expertise.

DISCOVER THE ROUTE: https://etpscitt.co.uk/get-into-teaching/early-years-initial-teacher-training-eyitt/

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KNOW IT, then SEE IT, then DO IT. Our trainees have been studying Willingham's model of the mind: how working memory, lo...
08/09/2026

KNOW IT, then SEE IT, then DO IT.

Our trainees have been studying Willingham's model of the mind: how working memory, long-term memory and the classroom environment interact.

It matters because of what it changes in practice. A child who cannot follow a three-part instruction may not be inattentive; their working memory may simply be full. Trainees learn to notice that, then to break the instruction down, model it, and check who has understood before moving on.

Next they will see it in their placement classrooms, try it themselves, and evaluate what changed for the pupils.

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