How do you apply?
You can apply through the Department of Educations Find service.
Applicants will be filtered at application stage to ensure essential criteria are met and a short list formed on the basis of suitability of qualifications, references and personal statements. Please see our Entry Requirements for further details on our application criteria.
If you have any queries regarding your application through the online system please do not hesitate to contact us.
Once we have received your application we will confirm receipt of your application, the following will be required before the interview:
- the submission of various documents, including certificates of qualifications, photo ID, proof of address. Candidates who are yet to graduate, will be given offers conditional on the successful completion of their Bachelors (Hons) degree qualification.
- completion or a self – declaration form
- if you are an Overseas applicant you will be asked to send ENIC* documentation and residency and right to work information if this is necessary.
- completion of an online numeracy and written task
If your Application and above is sucessfully completed you will be invited to Interview.
What will my Interview involve?
Our Teacher Training Interviews are conducted online. It will last around 45 minutes and you will be asked to present a 5 minute lesson to your interviewer. You will be provided with the subject and target audience prior to the interview to allow you to prepare.
All selection processes have been reviewed and approved in respect of the equality schemes of the participating schools and are conscious of the nine protected characteristics. (See Our Policies on the website)
We aim to give applicants prompt feedback on their performance at interview. Generally, we aim to feedback on the evening of your interview or on the following working day.
If you are successful at interview you will be briefed on the next stages and any conditions attached to your offer. Examples of these conditions could include:
- All offers will be conditional on the completion of a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
DBS checks will be completed by the employing school for Salaried Trainees. For Fee-paying Trainees the DBS will be conducted by Leventhorpe School’s normal provider under the supervision of the school Personnel Manager. - All offers will be conditional on the completion of a satisfactory medical questionnaire and fitness to teach assessment supervised by the school Personnel Manager.
- Some applications will be conditional on the completion of a Subject Knowledge Enhancement course (SKE). It is expected that only applicants in shortage subjects with significant industry experience, are possibly going to meet our criteria without possessing appropriate subject knowledge.
We will update your application to reflect the outcome of your interview, along with any conditions of your offer and also send you a letter confirming the conditions of your offer and next steps.
Our BSITT Team will keep in touch with you throughout the year and are always at the end of the phone should you have any queries.
You will be invited to our Trainee Induction Day in June, where you will have the opportunity to meet fellow Trainees, learn more about the course and your training placements schools before starting your training in September.