How do you apply?
You can apply through the Department of Education’s 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 it will be reviewed and if meets the requirements, you will be invited to an interview.
What will my Interview involve?
Our Teacher Training Interviews for secondary applicants are conducted here at Leventhorpe, or, if you are applying for Primary, the interview will be held at one of our local BSET primary schools. You will be asked to present a 20 minute teaching task, having been provided with the subject and target audience prior to the interview to allow you to prepare. This will be followed by an interview which last around 45-60 minutes.
You will also be asked to provide:
- ID documents, including photo ID, proof of address.
- Qualification certificates, including Degree, Maths, English GCSE (and if applying for Primary you will be required to provide proof of your GCSE Science qualification). Candidates who are yet to graduate, will be given conditional offers on the successful completion of their Bachelors (Hons) degree qualification
- 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.
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.
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.
- All offers will be conditional on the completion of a satisfactory medical questionnaire and fitness to teach assessment.
- 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.