Apply for your initial teacher training programme with Exchange Teacher Training now.
The Get into Teaching website provides some useful tips on completing your application, including writing your teacher training personal statement, choosing your references and preparing for interviews.
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept open references, testimonials or references from friends or relatives without a professional email or work address.
The selection event is designed to explore your potential: we are not looking for the finished article! You will be welcomed by professionals brought together from across the Exchange Teacher Training partnership, all of whom have been in the position of a prospective trainee.
Please read through the guidance notes that we send out to you before your interview takes place and be prepared for the session. If invited for an interview, you will be expected to provide evidence of your qualifications, information about past experiences and education.
You will prepare and present an engaging lesson activity to an interview panel. The teaching task will be based on a brief you have been given prior to interview, linked to your phase/subject, and should last approximately 10-15 minutes.
There will be a formal interview with a panel of senior leaders from Exchange Teacher Training and our partner schools. This is an opportunity for you to share with us why you want to be a teacher of your subject or phase. You will be asked subject or phase specific questions centred on the relevant National Curricula and Programmes of Study. Be sure to research these prior to your interview!
Teachers are expected to be role models for literacy, so this 15-minute written task will give you an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to write accurately, with correct grammar and spelling. The written task will also help us gauge how well you can articulate your thoughts, structure ideas and use clear, professional language.
Please read through the guidance notes that we send out to you before your interview takes place and be prepared for the session. If invited for an interview, you will be expected to provide evidence of your qualifications, information about past experiences and education.
Following the selection event, we will notify you of the outcome and provide an opportunity for verbal feedback. If you are successful, a conditional offer will be placed on the DfE Apply system with clear conditions for the next steps of the application process . Once the offer has been accepted, our local Lead Delivery Partner will be in touch and you will be asked to complete pre-programme checks including a DBS and health check. When we begin the process of matching you to your placement schools, we will endeavour to consider any caring responsibilities or travel requirements you may have.