Primary Observations

Even though the course prepares trainees for secondary schools, it is important to see what education year 7 students have had in their previous year. It is also valuable to see another tier of pedagogy in action.

To this end, NTTP places its trainees in local primary schools for 8 days.

Placement 1

These three days take place in the induction period of the course (September / October) where we wish trainees to experience life in a primary school  Unlike other providers, NTTP will arrange this for you.Trainees are expected to keep a reflective diary for this period which will be assessed by their lead subject mentor.

Placement 2

The purpose of these 5 days is to enable trainees to become familiar with the transition from KS2 to KS3 in their subject. Following feedback from previous trainees, this now constitutes the last week of the course.