Teacher Training

Train to Teach with GMS 

Great Marlow School partners with  Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training to provide training opportunities for new entrants to the teaching profession.

In the last ten years, over 550 graduates have succeeded in gaining QTS status through Astra, which works with approximately sixty local primary, secondary and special schools, with specialist training in a wide range of subjects.

For details of the placements that Great Marlow School offers for 2024-25, including unsalaried placements in Chemistry, English and Maths, please visit https://www.gms.bucks.sch.uk/?page_id=22067.

Great Marlow School’s contact is Stefan Merreywether, email: smerreywether@gms.bucks.sch.uk

For further information and details of training commencing next summer, please contact Astra via hello@astra-alliance.com or visit the Astra website.

Great Marlow School is rightfully proud to be in partnership with the Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training provider (SCITT), which is an innovative, Ofsted Outstanding and non-profit organisation providing outstanding training opportunities for new entrants into the teaching profession. The Astra SCITT is part of the Astra Teaching School Hub, accredited by the DfE as one of only 87 Hubs in the country to offer the ‘golden thread’ of training and support for teachers at all stages of their career.

Astra is currently recruiting primary and secondary trainees in the following subjects/phases across over 50 local selective, non-selective, primary and special schools for 2024-25: Art, Biology, Business Studie,; Chemistry, Computer Science, Drama, English, Geography, History, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, PE, Physics, RE, Primary, Primary with Maths.  Some part time routes are also available.

More information can be found on the DfE train to teach portal, as well as the Astra website, and applications can be made via DfE Apply.

You may qualify for a generous bursary to train.

If you have active Social Media accounts, it would be great if you could follow Astra. Their social media handles are as follows:

• Twitter @astra_hub
• Instagram astratsh
• LinkedIn Astra Teaching School Hub & SCITT
• Facebook @AstraHub

To find out more, follow Astra on Twitter @astra_hub, visit the website (www.astra-alliance.com), email at hello@astra-alliance.com or contact the school directly.