‘Trainees experience a first-class ITE curriculum at SCSC/Ripley ITT. As a result, all trainees are exceptionally well prepared to assume their role as early
career teachers (ECTs). The training programme is meticulously designed and implemented to reflect trainees’ individual needs’ OFSTED June 2023

As a School Direct we offer both 12 month primary and secondary programmes. These include a PGCE, through Leeds Beckett University which includes 60 credits at Master’s level. As an organisation we are strongly connected to our local community and our goal to provide high quality teacher training for people living in Cumbria through a diverse selection of schools located right across South Cumbria.

As a trainee teacher on the South Cumbria School Direct Programmes you will spend a much greater proportion of time in school than you would on a traditional PGCE programme, giving you a far greater exposure to the workspace of a school and the realities of the job. Our innovative curriculum is delivered by talented lead practitioners working in schools across our partnership and in Ripley. This will facilitate much stronger links between theory and practice, enabling you to apply pedagogical knowledge in the classroom and reflect upon it immediately. The fact that it has been developed by people actually working in schools means that everything taught is based on the latest classroom practice, underpinned by cutting edge research