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How to apply
Applications for any of our Initial Teacher Training pathways is through UCAS. When you have logged on search for Sutton SCITT. Our provider code is 1ZW for core SCITT and 17J for School Direct Salaried.
Before you apply:
- Check you meet the criteria for the course
- Get your references ready
Get your qualifications checked if they are from overseas or are in a non-specialist subject
Make sure your application is strong by:
- Knowing why you want to teach in your chosen subject
- Including details of your experience of working with young people and any in-school observations you have undertaken
- Consider your educational values and beliefs including current initiatives and reform in education
- Making sure you include all aspects of your education including a breakdown of your degree
The Interview Process:
If your application is successful you will be invited to an assessment day at one of our schools. Our assessment days are designed to assess your potential and aptitude to teach. Each assessment day follows the same format and you can expect:
- A group exercise
- Teaching a 20 minute lesson on a prescribed topic in your chosen subject
- Complete a written task
- A subject interview
- A general interview
- In some subjects we ask you to sit additional tests to assess subject knowledge