United Teaching Blog

My top tip for trainees: don’t be afraid to ask for help!

15/01/2020

Yassamin Sheel is the National SCITT Lead for United Teaching, and is based with our Northern schools. In this post, she discusses how asking for help and responding well to feedback is a fundamental...

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'My students give me life!'

16/12/2019

Hear from our trainee teachers one term into their Initial Teacher Training year - how they're getting on and their highlights so far:

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Training to teach with a scholarship

19/11/2019

Julie, chemistry trainee at Surbiton High School, worked in industry before deciding to become a teacher. She also successfully applied for a teacher training scholarship from the Royal Society of...

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Training to teach at my old school

30/10/2019

Two former students of Salford City Academy have returned to school, this time at the front of the class as trainee teachers!

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Why did you decide to teach?

27/09/2019

We asked our new trainees why they decided to become teachers. This is what they told us…

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My teacher training year

30/08/2019

About to start her NQT year, Zeynab reflects on her initial teacher training.

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Training to teach after graduation

28/05/2019

You’re coming to the end of your university course and starting to think about Life After Graduation. But the idea of a routine 9-to-5 job, sitting behind a desk and glued to your emails, sends a...

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Top tips for managing your workload as a trainee teacher

10/05/2019

Workloads can be a concern for many people considering teaching. Trainee English teacher Abbie from Manchester Academy gave us the lowdown on how her workload has evolved over the past year, and her...

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What I've learnt in six months of teacher training

04/03/2019

We caught up with trainee Maths teacher Christobel to find out how she's getting on six months into her United Teaching training programme:

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Teacher training - six months in

25/02/2019

Trainee English teacher Emma began teaching at Paddington Academy in September after a career as a university lecturer – what has changed since then?

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My teaching career so far: Martin Oldfield

08/11/2018

We caught up with Martin Oldfield, Director of Curriculum at William Hulme’s Grammar School in Manchester, to learn how his career progressed from trainee to senior leader.

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"There have been a few surprises..."

02/11/2018

Trainee English teacher Cate was used to long hours and short deadlines from her former career in the media. So how did teaching line up with her expectations?

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