Chelmsford Teaching Schools Alliance

The CTSA believes that all children have a right to an inspirational and creative learning experience planned to enhance their learning

Upcoming Events:

28/06/2017 - Developing differentiation strategies - 4.15pm - St John Payne School

29/06/2017 - Secondary CiC Network - 2pm to 5pm - Chelmer Valley High School

05/07/2017 - Becoming established as Head of Department - 4.15pm - St John Payne School

05/07/2017 - Personal Education Plans (PEPs) & Targets - 9.00am - 12.00pm - Newlands Spring Primary School, Dickens Place, Chelmsford

12/07/2017 - Going beyond the academic curriculum - 4.15pm - Chelmsford County High School for Girls

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ABOUT CTSA

The Chelmsford Teaching Schools Alliance (CTSA) was established in March 2013 when Newlands Spring Primary School Academy Trust became a National Teaching School. We aim to provide a range of services to support staff, governors and schools. We will endeavour to support all of our alliance schools to aspire towards outstanding teaching and learning, through a climate of mutual collaboration. We currently have a partnership of sixteen primary, eight secondary and one special school based in and around Chelmsford in Essex…

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Meet the team

Our Partners

Our Aims

BECOMING A TEACHER

School Direct is a route into teaching which moves the focus of study from a university to a School Centred Training Programme. CTSA aims to deliver a high quality, outstanding ITT programme because we believe that all entrants to our profession should have an entitlement to a positive training experience…

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Essex Primary SCITT

Our accredited provider is Essex Primary SCITT, which migrated to Newlands Spring Primary Academy Trust from Essex Local Authority in April 2015.

This is the accredited provider for the School Direct Programmes of the following Lead Schools:

Newlands Spring Primary School Academy Trust
Lyons Hall Primary School
Tanglewood Nursery
Felsted and Stebbing Primary Schools

Please contact Fiona Willet: fiona@essexprimaryscitt.co.uk for further details or view the website at www.essexprimaryscitt.co.uk

Why Train with Us?

Working in partnership with our Accredited Provider, Essex Primary SCITT, CTSA offers high quality training for graduates wishing to teach in primary schools through its one-year full time School Direct route leading to Qualified Teacher Status. (QTS)

We work successfully with partnership schools across our area with the aim to produce confident, highly skilled, enthusiastic and innovative practitioners, able to teach across the primary age range to meet the needs of our local context. Our partnership schools have a well established history of supporting trainee teachers and many trainees are off ered newly qualified teacher positions in our partnership schools.

The Course

Trainees attend a pre-course induction day with their host school mentor in July and a second induction day prior to taking up their main placement and we encourage trainees to spend time in their host school prior to starting the course if possible.

Each trainee is assigned a mentor in each school and an external mentor who will support and guide them through their professional development.

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Entry Requirements

Entrants must hold a degree from a UK higher education institution or equivalent qualifi cation and also have GCSE Grade C or equivalent in Mathematics, English Language and Science. Our Accredited Provider, Essex Primary SCITT, adheres to the Government recommendation that the degree should be a 2:2 or above.

Skills Tests: Anyone applying for an initial teacher training (ITT) placement is required to have passed the skills tests before starting the course. Once an applicant has submitted an application form for an ITT course, he or she will be eligible to book skills tests via the DfE website.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The CTSA Alliance aims to draw on expertise from across the Teaching Schools Alliance to support individuals at every stage of their career in education. Here you will find information about training courses and events you can take part in and book on to one of our courses via our online booking form.

Training Courses

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SCHOOL TO SCHOOL SUPPORT

CTSA is committed to school improvement which is achieved by mutual support within the alliance and by the work of our National Leaders of Education (NLEs), Local Leaders of Education (LLEs) and Specialist Leaders of Education (SLEs) in both primary and secondary schools.

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RESEARCH

This is an exciting area of the ‘Big Six’ which we hope to develop and expand over the coming year. Research and Development will inform future planning and CPD as well as supporting succession planning.

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ASPIRE

This is a Leadership project which CTSA is running in conjunction with 9 other teaching schools across Essex. The project is funded by a grant from Essex LA and is aimed at supporting and developing Leadership in primary schools, where the Leadership has the capacity to bring about school improvement.

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