Train to become a Primary School teacher with YWTT!
If your dream is to become an inspirational primary school teacher, then our outstanding Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training programme is the course for you. Studying at YWTT gives you a fantastic start to your teaching career, our innovative programme blends evidence based research and educational theory with immersive practice in the classroom, giving you the opportunity to gain QTS and a PGCE awarded by Sheffield Hallam University.
The YWTT 5-11 programme has been coherently designed and sequenced to support you to develop the skills and knowledge required to become a highly effective, evidence informed teacher, able to change the lives of the children you teach. It contains three overlapping components delivered through integrated strands.
- Learning to teach
- Professional Studies Programme
- School Based Training Programme
- Learning to teach a subject
- Subject Immersion Programme
- School Based Subject Training Programme
- Learning to be a teacher
- Professional Development Programme
- PGCE Programme
- Supported Self Study Programme
The professional studies programme is delivered by teaching experts some of whom work for national education organisations including the EEF, Maths and English Hubs.
You will work closely with your YWTT tutor, an excellent primary teacher who will support your development throughout the course. They will meet with you weekly to gain a deep understanding of your specific needs and progress, allowing them to design and deliver bespoke intensive training placements in their school.
School placements are carefully structured to ensure the gradual development of your teaching across both primary Key Stages. Spending Monday to Thursday in school allows you to continually apply and refine your developing knowledge and skills. Your mentor in each placement school will support you daily, giving you regular formative feedback through observation and weekly mentor meetings. They also work closely with your tutor to design and deliver the school based training programme.
A team of primary subject experts will ensure you have the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver all aspects of the primary curriculum.
About YWTT
Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training (YWTT) is a School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) provider, offering both primary and secondary teacher training courses. Trainees spend the majority of their time in placement at one of over 90 partner schools across the Humber region, including Hull, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
We offer a bespoke and supportive training package which aims to meet the needs of each individual. Trainees are supported from the very start their journey by experienced tutors at YWTT and mentors in their placement schools.
