St Anthony's is proud and delighted to be part of the new department For Education, School Experience Programme. This is a new online service, where anyone with an interest in joining the teaching profession can gain valuable school experience. The experience in turn may help volunteers decide their future regarding teaching, whether the career is for them or just providing an extra bit of practical knowledge before beginning a designated Teacher Training course.
School Experience candidates and volunteers are especially welcome at St Anthony's. We love having new faces in our classroom and all visitors will receive a warm welcome from children and staff alike.
As the idea of this programme is to encourage candidates to join a teacher training course, we will ensure that all candidates have the chance to observe lessons and teaching methods as well as the opportunity to interact and support children in large group and small group settings. As a current DBS is not required, volunteers without this clearance, will work with a school colleague and remain supervised at all times. This also ensures that volunteers will always have the support and advice of a teaching colleague to hand.
We will actively encourage candidates to take part in every aspect of the school life that is taking place during their visit, whether it is helping out in the classroom, going on a school trip or playing an active role in P.E. or other non-academic subjects. In addition, as we run out own School Direct Teacher Training course, there will be ample opportunity to discuss taking applications and training forward, so that candidates have the chance to go on to train and teach with the St Anthony's Teaching School Alliance.
At the moment, we have three weekly blocks in the second half of the Spring term available for School Experience volunteers:
When you make your application, simply select one of the blocks and then, once you application comes to St Anthony's we will be happy to arrange specific times and dates to suit you. Therefore, if you were unable to volunteer for more than a day or part of a day, we can tailor the experience to suit your own schedule. Similarly, if the above dates are not possible, but you would like to come later in the school year, just let us know, using the email below and we will see if we can add them to the DfE system:
To make your booking, simply click on the link below.
https://schoolexperience.education.gov.uk/
Then, when you have read through the information supplied on the page:
Best of luck arranging your school experience.