Our Teaching School Hub Test and Learn Priorities for Year 2 are Announced

It is pleasing to report that our Year 1 delivery plan as a Teaching School Hub (TSH)exceeded many of the objectives set by the Department for Education (DfE), despite the fact that Covid-19 had a significant impact on the Teaching School Hub delivery.
 
For Year 2, the DfE have adjusted the TSH programme so that it will align with the roll-out of the TSH national programme in September 2021. The most significant change is a stronger focus on teacher recruitment and retention and a reduced role for TSHs in school-to-school support delivery.
 
We can confirm that our draft plan submitted to the DfE focuses on the following areas:
 

• ITT: developing pre-ITT support, increasing school placement capacity, increasing uptake of ITT apprenticeship route and developing a long-term strategy to increase ITT numbers.
• Appropriate Body  (AB): working with Torbay Teaching School Alliance to scale up an Appropriate Body pilot service, and to form new AB provision for the TSH area from September 2021.
• Early Career Framework: delivering early roll-out to secondaries, and supporting schools to prepare for the national roll-out and creating a strong partnership with the TSH as part of that national delivery.
• Education Endowment Foundation: working with the Kingsbridge Research School to deliver Pupil Premium reading and other programmes linked to need.
• DfE Programmes: delivering in partnership with Broadclyst EdTech training, in partnership with the NGA to deliver governance training and other programmes that support local need.

It's set to be anther exciting year for TSSW and we are ready to rise to the challenges and to provide the best service to our schools.