Exceptional Primary and Secondary Initial Teacher Training

If you are already employed in a school setting, perhaps as a Teaching Assistant or Unqualified Teacher, you may be able to keep your employment while you train through our Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship Programme.

We now offer a primary apprenticeship with SEND specialism for those already employed in specialist settings.

If you are employed, perhaps as a TA or unqualified teacher, in a specialist setting, our primary apprenticeship with SEND specialism provides a blend of specialist and mainstream training to effectively prepare you to teach in both sectors. This route enables you to keep your employed post and train whilst in role.

Whether you are a career changer or recent graduate, our provider-led SCITT programmes at both primary and secondary phases may be for you. They combine on-the-job training in our partner schools with focussed sessions with Ripley ITT’s trainers. There may be a tax-free bursary to support your training.

This route is for those already working in a school as an unqualified teacher and meeting the expectations of the Teachers’ Standards who wish to achieve Qualified Teacher Status. It is not a training route.

We are the Regional Delivery Lead for the National Society for Education’s Flourishing ECTs and Flourishing Leaders Programmes. To find out more please use the links below:

Ripley ITT’s Teaching Degree Apprenticeship (TDA) is a 4-year course designed for those who already are working in a primary school and would like to qualify as a teacher but don’t hold a degree. The programme enables employees to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) whilst achieving a degree through our HEI partner.