Teacher Training
Durham: educating, engaging and enriching through Partnership
Our Initial Teacher Education programmes were rated as 'Outstanding’ for all aspects of our provision in 2011 and again in April 2013. Full information can be found on: Ofsted inspection.
We offer several routes into teaching, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, including programmes that lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and programmes that prepare trainees to work in international school contexts.
If you are from a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background and are thinking of becoming a teacher, MERIT can offer you support.
Our outstanding school partnerships forms an essential component of our Initial Teacher Education provision and we welcome new schools to join us.
Please click on the link above for a list of Department for Education financial incentives and initiatives related to Teacher Training.
Initial Teacher Education
PCGE Primary Programme
Professor Lynn Newton explains the breadth and depth of the subject knowledge as commended by Ofsted.
History of our Initial Teacher Education
Professor Lynn Newton explains our long history of training teachers and highlighting the outstanding programme as determined by Ofsted.
Research Informed Practice
Professor Lynn Newton explains how our research leads to informed practice that is translated into the classroom.
PGCE Secondary Enhancement Experience
Professor Lynn Newton explains the school enhancement experience both here and abroad to our PGCE secondary students.
The Durham Difference
Professor Lynn Newton explains the Durham Difference and how trainees become reflective practitioners
PGCE Programme and Core Areas Of The Curriculum
Professor Lynn Newton talks about the PGCE programme and the core areas of the curriculum
Teacher Training Provision
Professor Lynn Newton talks about teacher training provision, and the theory and practice in our partnership schools.
Introduction to School Direct
Professor Lynn Newton explains the school direct programmes and compares them to the traditional PGCE route.
PGCE Programme and Core Areas Of The Curriculum
Professor Lynn Newton talks about the PGCE programme and the core areas of the curriculum