Primary and Early Years partnerships
Partnership Information
Our strength in primary and early years education is the close working relationship we have with more than 390 primary schools across the Midlands and wider region. These close ties ensure we are able to produce the right teachers for this demanding sector. The partnership trains primary and early years school teachers on our three-year BA (Hons) QTS course and one-year PGCE.
You can access a range of documents and support materials to accompany both courses. Documentation is intended to provide you with a holistic understanding of the course and a more specific knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of tutors, mentors and associate teachers.
BCU Ofsted Inspection Report 2023
Statutory Guidance ITT Criteria and Supporting Advice 2022
Initial teacher training (ITT): criteria and supporting advice
This document contains mandatory guidance and accompanying advice from the Department for Education (DfE). This means that accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers must have regard to the mandatory guidance when carrying out their duties relating to ITT.
Accredited ITT providers must ensure they meet these criteria to remain compliant. ITT providers who do not comply with these criteria may be subject to withdrawal of accreditation.
This document applies to accredited providers delivering ITT until 31 August 2024. After this date new published ITT criteria and quality requirements will be in place.
Primary Strategic Partnership Committee (PSPC)
With a revised terms of reference, the Primary Strategic Partnership Committee will challenge Primary leaders to ensure that we continue to provide a quality training programme for our associate teachers in the region. Under the chairmanship of Sarah Hobden, (Castle Bromwich Junior School), the SPC will hold us to account and review evidence around our quality assurance processes both in terms of partnership, mentoring and taught delivery. The SPC will also review evidence from our mentoring working group. We look forward to deepening our valuable partnership with through on-going discussion about the strategic workings via this Committee which will feed into the University ITT Board.
Primary SPC membership 2023-24
Name |
Position |
School |
| Razia Ali | Executive Headteacher | Leigh Trust |
| Carl Glasgow | Executive Headteacher | The Federation of Boldmere Schools |
| Humara Haq | Assistant Head | Greenholm Primary School |
| Sarah Hobden | Headteacher (Chair) | Castle Bromwich Junior School |
| Thomas Nelson | Lead Mentor | Annie Lennard Primary School |
| Fiona Owen | Deputy Head | King David Junior and Infant School |
| Sadef Sarwar | Placements Lead | Somerville Primary School |
| Katie Baggley | Headteacher | The Oaks, Birmingham |
Primary SPC meetings 2023-24
Meetings are normally held each half term. If you're interested in joining the Primary SPC, please email Sarah Hobden s10shobden@cbjs.solihull.sch.uk; as Chair or Anne Whitacre at anne.whitacre@bcu.ac.uk
We welcome colleagues to strengthen our partnership through collaboration to ensure that the teachers we train continue to provide an effective resource in your classrooms.
Term 1:
- Wednesday 27 September 2023
- Wednesday 22 November 2023
Term 2:
- Wednesday 31 January 2024
- Thursday 21 March 2024 (cancelled)
Term 3:
- Thursday 23 May 2024