Your first step in a life-changing career
Not sure if teaching is the right path for you? Join our Future Teachers Programme to explore a career in education before committing to Initial Teacher Training.
Meet the Future Teachers
Current and former members of the Future Teachers Programme at the Swindon & Wiltshire Teaching School Hub talk about how the programme has benefitted them.
Benefits of Joining
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- Get started fast - quick application process
- Earn while you learn - weekly pay from day one
- A schedule that fits your life - full and part-time options available
- Build your skills and confidence before committing to ITT
- Support at every step - guidance from your in-school mentor and Teaching Personnel
- Access exclusive professional development material
- Career development - opportunities for fully-funded Initial Teacher Training
- Make a real impact - support children and young people's lives.
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Gemma's Story
Gemma joined the Future Teachers Programme shortly after graduating. Now in a permanent teaching position, she reflects on how the programme shaped her classroom experience and supported her transition into teacher training and, ultimately, her current role as a teacher.
Read more of her story here.
Anna's Story
Anna found the Future Teacher's Programme when she was searching for a way into teaching that didn't include the traditional PGCE route. She has spent the past year in a cover supervisor role through the programme, and reflects on her experience here.
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“If it were not for this programme, I wouldn’t be sitting here now or have even considered a career in education.”
Rupert, Future Teacher, Glenmoor and Winton Academy
How Future Teachers works
1. Get in Touch
2. Get to Know Your School
Have a get-to-know you session with a partner school to learn more about them and their work before a formal interview
3. Getting Started
Spend up to one year working as a Teaching Assistant and Cover Manager before getting to plan your own lessons. We will provide you with support, mentoring, and training the whole way,Your Future
A Future Teachers placement is the perfect preparation for an Initial Teaching Training course. Some of Teaching Personnel’s partner schools offer fully- funded places on PGCE courses for successful Future Teachers. Other schools will assist you in finding a place on a course and look to keep you in the school when you qualify.