Outstanding Primary and Secondary Initial Teacher Training

If you are already employed in a school setting, perhaps as a Teaching Assistant or Unqualified Teacher, you may be able to keep your employment while you train through our Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship Programme.

We now offer a primary apprenticeship with SEND specialism for those already employed in specialist settings.

If you are employed, perhaps as a TA or unqualified teacher, in a specialist setting, our primary apprenticeship with SEND specialism provides a blend of specialist and mainstream training to effectively prepare you to teach in both sectors. This route enables you to keep your employed post and train whilst in role.

Whether you are a career changer or recent graduate, our provider-led SCITT programmes at both primary and secondary phases may be for you. They combine on-the-job training in our partner schools with focussed sessions with Ripley ITT’s trainers. There may be a tax-free bursary to support your training.

This route is for those already working in a school as an unqualified teacher and meeting the expectations of the Teachers’ Standards who wish to achieve Qualified Teacher Status. It is not a training route.

If you are unsure which route is for you, you will find an overview of each of our options here. Explore all the possibilities and work out which one is best suited to your situation.