"Quite Simply the Best -  Outstanding Provider of Initial Teacher Training"

Ofsted June 2009

When trainees are awarded a place on the course an Initial Needs Analysis (INA) takes place that highlights skills already demonstrated and areas for development.  This will include audits of subject knowledge and requirements for Initial Teacher Training (ITT).  This analysis is reviewed half termly, to ensure that emerging needs are built into an Individual Training Plan (ITP). The ITP aims to provide trainees with a live and working framework against which they can progress and against which development can be gauged. 
  
Trainees are assisted in this process by a comprehensive support package.  This provision includes backing from a trained and experienced school-based trainer (SBT), the school GTP Leader, and a WPITT Consultant. WPITT Consultants are experienced former headteachers or senior teachers with a wealth of knowledge to support trainees.

Based on the INAs and the ITPs of the trainees, WPITT offers an extensive  programme to complement the schools-based Professional Studies Programme and address the explicit needs of the trainee.

A comprehensive training programme is offered, including specific courses in vital skills such as Behaviour Management, Inclusion and Data and Assessment.  Termly Network Meetings offer both discrete courses and complementary training offered where common needs raised through the INA can be addressed.

A Masters Level Profession

All WPITT trainees will be able to access 30 credits at Masters Level offered in partnership with Huddersfield University. 

The Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL) is a new practice-based, masters-level professional qualification.  The project will begin by targeting the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MT) mainly on teachers in the first 5 years of their careers.

WPITT graduates subsequently employed as NQTs in Wakefield will also be able to access an additional 30 credits in their NQT year to give them a total of 60 Masters level credits.

Training for School Based Trainers and GTP Leaders

The programme addresses the needs of school-based trainers, with scheduled induction for new host and second placement school-based trainers. Termly GTP Leader partnership, and school-based trainer meetings are scheduled where individual training needs can be addressed.