Teacher Training With Essex Schools ITT

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"The best decision I've ever made!"

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Thurs 20th March - hear from current and past trainees and our teacher training experts!

Welcome to Essex Schools ITT

A Proud History of Successful Teacher Training

With Essex Schools ITT you will be in safe hands. We are a highly experienced provider with a long tradition of successful teacher training.

Over 30 Partner Schools

Based at our Lead Partner School, Davenant Foundation School in Loughton (Essex), we work in partnership with over 30 other schools in West Essex, Harlow, Herts, Chelmsford and Havering to provide both primary and secondary initial teacher training.

Rated 'Good' in our latest Ofsted inspection - July 2022

"Across the partnership, collaborative working is strong."

"Trainees, school-based mentors and school leaders ‘hold the programme in high regard’."

Read more about our partnership

Achieve Your Full Potential

Our successful programme is reflected in the positive feedback from our learners. Read our testimonials to see what people have said about training with us!

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Tes Institute Partnership

We provide a very special, school based training experience and are a Lead Partner with Tes Institute, who have a reputation for innovative on-line learning materials, especially in shortage subjects, with its Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses. 

Top class outcomes

In 2023-24, our completion rate was 98% - well above the normal outcome for Initial Teacher Training programmes.

In every cohort, an average of 80% of trainees find teaching jobs before the end of the course; even more impressive, up to 75% of these are in partnership schools, which shows the strength of our network.

Download our prospectus

Read more about our provider, Tes Institute, and how our programme is delivered - download our Prospectus

Get Into Teaching

Every day you’ll get the chance to inspire young people and use your skills to give something back – making sure every pupil gets the same access to a quality education and the opportunity to succeed.

Don't Just Take Our Word For it

Student Testimonials

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