Modern Languages Trainee Teacher

Modern Languages Trainee Teacher 

Royal Hospital School is seeking to recruit good language graduates, including those looking to change career, to train as modern language teachers under a unique national teacher training programme, the National Modern Languages SCITT (School-Centred Initial Teacher Training). This is the only national teacher training course solely for modern languages and also represents a partnership between state and independent schools.  

This course is different to current teacher training, for the following reasons: 

• Schools do not employ the trainee. Instead, schools receive a trainee on a placement and support the trainee with a trained mentor; 
• Trainees have the opportunity to train in both independent and state schools; 
• Most trainees receive a tax-free bursary of £25,000 (subject to eligibility and DfE announcement every year) from the government and a student loan if they need it to pay the course fees; 
• A Subject Knowledge Enhancement course (SKE) might be available for applicants to brush up on a second language/a language they have studied at degree level over 5 years ago; 
• All of the training is focused on languages and is led by specialists in modern language teaching. These sessions happen in regular ‘day schools’ delivered at our Hub School, which is Oundle School. 

A trainee will spend most of their time on placements at two schools – RHS would be one of these two placement schools with the other being a school in the maintained sector.   

If you are a graduate with a good honours degree in languages looking for a change in career, are graduating this year, or are a native speaker with a good degree, this could be the first step on the path to a very rewarding career.  

Interested parties should contact Louise Allsop, NML SCITT Administrator, at LAllsop@nationalmodernlanguages.com for information about our upcoming taster days and send in their CVs with a covering e-mail. The application process is then completed via DfE Apply, whereupon candidates can request to be placed at Royal Hospital School. More information can also be found at www.nationalmodernlanguages.com.  

Expressions of interest must be received ideally before the end of May 2023.