Trainee Teacher
Parmiter's School, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 0UU163 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
2 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Subjects
- Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Art & Design, Biology, Business Studies and Economics, Chemistry, Design Technology, Drama, English, Geography, History, ICT & Computing, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Music, Physical Education (PE), Physics, Religious Education, Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Tax free bursaries and scholarships of up to £31,000 (depending on subject)
Trainee Teacher job summary
Training to teach is exciting, rewarding and demanding. The Watford Partnership for Teacher Training (Parmiter’s School is the lead school), working in partnership with the University of Hertfordshire, offers a full-time, one-year School-based teacher training course leading to a Post- Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Qualified Teacher status (QTS).
You will train across the 11-16 age range and, in school, will be supported by a personal teacher mentor and experienced practitioners, as well as, a subject mentor at the University of Hertfordshire. These mentors will share experience, knowledge and research-informed expertise. Partnership schools provide opportunities for you to learn about pedagogical approaches relevant to your subject specialism and the professional responsibilities of all teachers. This will enable you to develop the skills to become an excellent classroom teacher.
The successful candidate will possess a passion for their subject and the ability to engage and enthuse students. Applicants do not require prior teaching experience.
By the end of the course you will be prepared for employment as an Early Career Teacher (ECT).
Tax-free bursaries are available for Art & Design, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Design & Technology, Geography, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Music , Physics and Religious Education.
We also offer PE, Business Studies, Drama, History and Primary teacher training placements.
Please contact Mary Howard, Parmiter's School for further information and to arrange classroom experience.
Commitment to safeguarding
Parmiter’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all members of staff to share this commitment. Applicants must declare any criminal convictions. The post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Appointments conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service and references from previous employers. We are required to conduct online searches for shortlisted candidates in accordance with the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Parmiter's School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1451 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Parmiter's School website (opens in new tab)
The Good Schools Guide describes Parmiter's as "purposeful, friendly, with an inclusive feel and a sense of both history and progressiveness".
Parmiter's School relocated to the current 60 acre rural Hertfordshire site from London's East End in 1977. The school enjoys a good reputation for traditional values and academic achievement whilst maintaining a true family feel among staff and students.
Experienced teachers, newly qualified colleagues and support staff benefit from a supportive leadership team who focus on CPD and well-being as a priority.
Parmiter's is a lead partner in The Watford Partnership for Teacher Training and takes the lead on Initial Teacher Training. A number of existing teachers are accredited with being Specialist Leaders of Education.
The school is consistently over subscribed for Year 7 and Sixth Form entry. Children of staff are a priority for admission.
Please visit our website for more information and feel free to contact the school with any questions.
www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk
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