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What training route did
you take?
Aaron, tell me a bit more
about Green Ridge Primary
I trained through the School Direct route,
achieving QTS with PGCE. I feel that this
is the best way to prepare for your NQT
year as you can really understand what
the school year is like and be fully
involved in all aspects of the teaching
profession. This will then provide you
with an accurate idea of what your NQT
year has in store! I also enjoyed
completing my PGCE in this year as it
gave me a chance to explore different
issues in teaching and look at current
research that informed my daily practice.
We are an all-through primary school,
which will eventually go up to Year Six.
This year, we opened our own nursery
too, and offering full wrap-around care.
This is something the community was
really keen for, to enable lots of
parents/carers to access 30 hours free
childcare and funded places. We’re
really clear on our vision when we set
up the school of ‘limitless learning;
infinite possibilities’. For us, it’s about
ensuring every child has those
experiences and opportunities to learn
and develop, irrespective of their age,
background, prior attainment or
additional needs.
So, we’re a brand-new school that
opened officially in September 2017.
We are a local authority presumption
free school, which means we opened at
the request of the local authority in
order to meet the demand for local
school places. When we first opened,
we only had 3 classes, comprising of
just Reception and Key Stage 1. In our
first year, we were in temporary
accommodation on the site of the
school, in portakabins.
The great thing is that we got to watch
our brand-new school being built right
next door every day!
How did being an NQT
compare to being a trainee
for you?
Being an NQT is different as you do
have sole responsibility of your class
now, however, as I trained through the
School Direct route, I felt much better
prepared to take on this additional
responsibility.
There is no doubt that it is tougher
than your training year, as I found out,
but it also allows you some freedoms
that you might not have in your
training year. Getting to the end of my
NQT year with my amazing children
was the best feeling – you can really
see the effect you have had on them.
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