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Train to Teach with the Dacorum Schools Alliance

In partnership with the University of Hertfordshire

Our aim as an Alliance is to build upon the excellent collaborative working practice which already exists amongst our schools.  Each school houses its own outstanding practice and we work together to share ideas, strategy and wider provision to benefit so many more students.

As a growing Alliance based around Hemel Hempstead, Tring and Berkhamsted we are committed to investing in the training and development needs of all of our staff to help them achieve their very best. We look forward to the exciting opportunities ahead that this Alliance will provide not only for our schools but also for the new entrants to the profession.  School Based Training is a route into the teaching profession which puts schools at the heart of the training process. 

As Lead Schools for the University of Hertfordshire in the Dacorum Schools Alliance, we work closely with a growing partnership of schools and our Initial Teacher Training (ITT) provider to develop successful highly motivated teachers for the future.  Our joint mission is to recruit and retain high quality candidates into teaching to meet the needs of our locality as well as nationally.   We provide personalised programmes which are delivered by excellent classroom practitioners and Specialist Leaders of Education.

If you want your ITT to put theory into practice, to gain confidence with increasing classroom experience and to benefit from the skills of experienced successful practitioners then this one year school centred training programme is worthy of consideration.

Subject Options for September 2027

We offer training in Primary teaching as well as the following secondary school subjects:

Art | Biology | Chemistry | Computing | Design & Technology | English | Geography | Mathematics | Modern Languages | Music | Physical Education | Physics | Religious Studies

Application window:   6 October 2026 to 30 June 2027.

Secondary PGCE Application Guidance from the University of Hertfordshire

School Based Training unsalaried is a fee-paying training route which leads to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).  The PGCE comprises 60 masters level credits and Qualified Teacher Status.  This route is generally available for all subjects.

Entry Requirements: Statutory ITT criteria apply. Your degree should ideally be at least 50% relevant to your target subject (related degrees, such as Engineering for Science, are welcomed).

Tuition Fees (September 2027 entry): £10,050 (full time) and £9,776 (part-time

Financial Support: Bursaries are available in some subjects while student loans can be accessed in support of paying fees. Some applicants are also eligible for maintenance support through training.

Once trainees have accepted places on this training programme they can then make applications for tuition fee loans through Student Finance England (Student Loans Company), to cover the cost of their training. Trainees in priority subjects may be entitled to a bursary which is determined by the subject and degree class.

Trainees on the School Based Training Tuition Fee programme are not employed by their training school and do not receive a salary. They are supernumerary which means all of the classes they will teach are ’borrowed’ from a teacher employed by the school. Consequently there is flexibility in the training to allow the teaching timetable to grow at a rate that suits the trainee within the constraints of the training year. It also means there is scope for guided teaching and team teaching at the start of the training.

For more information about our teacher training opportunities please email David Redwood - dredwood@tring.school