School Direct
School Direct with the NSTA
Train to be a teacher with the North Somerset Teaching Alliance (NSTA)
North Somerset Teaching Alliance
School Direct with the NSTA
Train to be a teacher with the North Somerset Teaching Alliance (NSTA)
The NSTA, in partnership with local Higher Education Institutions, and other schools in our teaching alliance, leads a successful School Direct programme. Our model blends the best of school based teacher training with high quality training support from either the University of Bristol or Plymouth Marjon. Students accepted on this course benefit from being awarded a PGCE and QTS at the end of the training year, with the possibility of being employed within the North Somerset Teaching Alliance (or other partner schools) the following year.
Successful candidates will benefit from the following:
We recommend prospective trainees attend one of our ‘School Experience days’. To book a place please contact Helen Twiggs at admin@nsta.org.uk
All applications must be completed online using the UCAS Teacher Training application process. Unless you have a specific query, your contact with NSTA will only start once your application has been successfully completed and processed by UCAS.
Use the Google Map link to access a map showing all partner schools and HEI providers in the NSTA School Direct programme. You can use the map to access the website of each partner by clicking on the relevant pin. |
Our vacancies for our 2021 – 2022 School Direct Programme are detailed in the table below. Please be aware that we close recruitment on 1st July 2021
Subject | Higher Education Institute | NSTA Home School |
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Art and Design | Plymouth Marjon University | Broadoak |
Computer Science | Plymouth Marjon University | Broadoak |
Design and Technology (DT) | Plymouth Marjon University | Churchill |
Drama | Plymouth Marjon University | Broadoak |
English | University of Bristol | Backwell, Chilton Trinity, Churchill, Clevedon |
Geography | University of Bristol | Churchill |
History – NO VACANCIES | University of Bristol | Backwell |
Mathematics | University of Bristol | Backwell, Broadoak, Chilton Trinity |
MFL – NO VACANCIES | University of Bristol | Churchill, Clevedon |
Physical Education (PE) – NO VACANCIES | Plymouth Marjon University | Chilton Trinity, Churchill, Clevedon, Gordano |
Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) | University of Bristol | Backwell, Broadoak, Chilton Trinity, Churchill, Clevedon, Gordano |
Higher Education Institute links
Our current vacancies are also available on the Postgraduate teacher training courses search tool (Look for the link titled ‘Search for courses’ on the home page, then enter ‘North Somerset Teaching Alliance’ into the ‘Search for a training provider OR select a region.’ box and select ‘Search’. This will show an up to date list of available courses.
We run a programme of events across our schools.
Please click here to see flyer outlining scheduled dates and venues. Please note that due to Covid-19, these could be subject to change.