Learners First Schools Partnership

Connecting People, Promoting Excellence.

A teaching school partnership supporting improvement through teacher and leadership development.

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Welcome To Learners First

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NPQ’s

DFE accredited National Professional Qualifications for middle, senior, headteachers & executive leaders.

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Early Career Development

A professional development programme designed to reflect the challenges teachers face in the early stages of their careers.

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English Hub

Supporting schools to improve the teaching of phonics, early language and reading - new 2020/21 CPD offer now available.

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School to School Support

Share and develop outstanding, innovative practice with support of National and Specialist Leaders of Education.

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Governance

Supporting confident, strategic leadership and robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance in schools and trusts.

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News

Leadership digests, insights, updates and examples of emerging practice from within and beyond the schools sector.

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Learners First Subscription offer – 2020/21

Learners First will be operating a subscription model in 2020-21 for a seventh consecutive year.

As well as extending the number of teaching and learning and early career development opportunities for teachers, the 2020-21 offer will see an increased number of professional development and networking opportunities for MAT leaders, both at a leadership and governance level, following successful pilots in 2019-20. Further, there will be a greater focus on accredited professional development opportunities and enquiry based research opportunities working alongside experts in the field.

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For full details, please download the subscription offer brochure. We look forward to working with you in 2020/21.
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For full details, please download the subscription offer brochure by clicking on the image. We look forward to working with you in 2020/21.
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Learners First Bulletins

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The Learners First Bulletin for school, academy and MAT leaders is a fortnightly publication aimed at providing a short leadership digest and forum through which key insights, updates and examples of emerging practice from within and beyond the sector can be shared with school leaders. We hope you will find it useful in helping to consider and navigate the current landscape and, the best we can, collectively prepare for the future. As always we would very much appreciate your feedback as well as any suggestions you would like to see included in future editions.

National English Hubs

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Following the announcement from the Secretary of State for Education, Learners First is delighted and extremely proud that one of the lead Teaching Schools within the alliance has been accredited as one of only 32 new national English Hubs! English Hubs will have a particular focus on improving early language and literacy teaching, including in reception. The Hubs have been chosen by the Department for Education (DfE) through a competitive process against strict criteria and were required to demonstrate a proven track record of excellent phonics teaching and pupil outcomes over a sustained period of time.

The English Hubs have been tasked with sharing best practice and teaching techniques with the aim of building networks of excellent phonics teaching in every region. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with other schools and leaders to a play a key role in shaping this work and contributing to the development of the local and national English Hub network.

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School Direct - Initial Teacher Training

Interested In A Career In Teaching?

Learners First is an accredited provider of the School Direct teacher training programme and offers high quality school-based training in early years, primary and secondary schools. Our training programmes give you the opportunity to ‘learn on the job’ alongside outstanding school leaders as well as achieving a PGCE qualification and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Trainees are supported every step of the way and through the professional networks and the wider Leadership Curriculum, employment, career progression and professional development opportunities are plentiful with Learners First.

Teaching is a hugely fulfilling career and Learners First Schools Partnership has an amazing track record of recruiting, developing and employing high quality trainee teachers across South Yorkshire. As a trainee you could be eligible for a bursary of up to £30,000 and there may be opportunities for you to earn while you train through the salaried routes.

You could be on your way to an exciting career in teaching sooner than you think with fantastic training and enhanced employment opportunities with Learners First Schools Partnership. We are currently recruiting the future generation of outstanding trainee teachers to our early years, primary and secondary programmes and would welcome a conversation if you would like to find out more or how to apply.

If you have the drive, passion and commitment, we have the professionals and programme to support you on your journey to becoming an outstanding teacher!

Contact Claire Garbutt for further information: cgarbutt@learnersfirst.org or 01709-267021

Find Postgraduate Teacher Training
Courses In England

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A service to help graduates find the most relevant postgraduate teacher training courses.

Use this service if you’re a graduate and you plan to train to teach in a state primary or secondary school in England. You can search courses by location, provider and subject.

When you’ve chosen a course or courses, you’ll be redirected to UCAS to complete your application.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-postgraduate-teacher-training-courses-in-england

500

Schools and Academies

have accessed Learners First programmes
104

specialist leaders of education (sle)

have been designated and are available for deployment through Learners First
2109

middle and senior leaders and aspirant headteachers

have accessed the nationally accredited, NPQ licensed leadership programmes through Learners First since 2012
157

serving school leaders

contributed to the design and delivery of leadership programmes

See What Our Delegates Say

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Thank you to Learners First, NPQH was a superb programme and I really enjoyed every minute of it. Huge praise to all leaders involved in delivery of the programme.
Mark AllenVice Principal, The Dearne ALC, Barnsley
Thank you for the invitation this morning. I thought the quality of the seminar was excellent.
Dave VernonVice Principal/AST Tuxford Academy, Newark
I like the Learners First approach. It is engaging, stimulating and down to earth with excellent use of relevant expertise.” “Poses lots of questions and gives time and a professional ‘community’ to reflect with and bounce ideas off.
NPQH
Heatherwood’s Primary Phase Leader has just completed the NPQSL qualification with yourselves and the impact has been fantastic; with regards to both her personal growth and professional development.
Lisa SuterHead Teacher
I am just writing to thank you and all the people who delivered/facilitated the NPQH course through Learners First. I am pleased to say that I received confirmation of my successful completion of the qualification over the summer. I have gained lots from the course and feel that without the excellent face to face days, visits to schools and the support that you have offered it would not have been as enjoyable and beneficial to my career as it has been. Can you please pass on my thanks to all concerned and I hope that Learners First continue to provide these outstanding leadership opportunities for years to come.
Karl O’ReillySt Luke’s School, Scunthorpe
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