Trainee Biology Teacher

Classroom-based Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme based in one of our 57 schools. Lift Schools is one of the largest school trusts nationwide and we are partnered with Ark Teacher Training to deliver our programme. You will gain a PGCE (Post-Graduate Certificate of Education) and your Qualified Teacher Status whilst working hands-on in the classroom as a Biology Teacher.

Immediately having impact, your tutor and coach will support you to build up your independent teaching time during the year.

• The Programme Includes
• Summer school: We provide two weeks of intensive preparation in August. This ensures you enter the classroom with a good grounding in educational theory and practice.
• Personalised support: Your tutor and in-school coach will be on hand to offer advice and discuss any challenges.
• Weekly training sessions: These sessions will take place throughout your training year, enhancing the skills you are learning in the classroom.
• National support network: We have trainees – and recent former trainees – in schools around the country. As a Lift Schools trainee, you will be able to draw on support from across our trust – during your training year and beyond.

Commitment to equal opportunity: We are committed to diversity and equal opportunity in our trust and its schools, and we provide a support system to ensure that all our trainees are able to reach their full potential.

The training programme itself is school-based and you will spend half a day every week in a session with your Ark tutor and other trainees from the network.

Salary Details:

• Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship: £21,731 + £9,250 tuition fees paid by Lift Schools (£25,758 in London)
• Tuition-Fee Route: Up to £30,000 per annum
• Bursary/Scholarship: Degree dependent: 1st or 2:1 = Scholarship of £30,000, 2:1 or 2:2 = Bursary of £28,000 (Scholarships and Bursaries are Tax-Free)
• 2nd Year guaranteed salary of £31,650 (£36,413 in London)

Culture and values:

Our Vision: Lift Schools believes an excellent education is an entitlement for every child, and we do everything in our power to ensure that our schools are making that a reality for every pupil in our care.

Our Mission: We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day. With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives. We will work with others beyond our network to create capacity in the sector to benefit more children and communities.

• Be unusually brave: We are not afraid to make the right call – and we challenge wrongs, even when it is difficult to do so.
• Discover What’s Possible: We create eureka moments for our pupils, helping them to discover new possibilities and opportunities.
• Push the limits: We do not settle for anything less than excellent – and we won’t allow our pupils to, either.
• Be big hearted: We choose to treat each other with kindness, warmth and care. We believe that everybody matters equally.

Equality and diversity: Diversity and inclusivity in teaching is essential – teachers have a unique ability to impact what students believe about what is possible for their lives, and are often some of only a few adults that young people really engage with. It is therefore incredibly important that pupils have a rich and diverse teaching body to learn from; they are able to see themselves in positions of leadership and authority, while their perceptions and world-views are broadened. But it is not just our students who benefit from diversity. At Lift Schools, we believe that inclusivity and the representation of people, circumstances, identities, cultures and ethnicities from all sections of society make us stronger as individuals and as an organisation.