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SUCCESS FOR OUR SCITT
It has been a busy and successful start to project will enable them to develop a
the academic year for our initial teach- two year part-time route, as well as their
er training provider Keele and North Staf- SEND pathway, details of which are al-
fordshire Teacher Education (KNSTE). ready available on the KNSTE website.
As well as welcoming 71 new trainees onto their The second bid received is Erasmus funding for
courses, KNSTE were delighted to learn that all 73 of an Inclusive Pedagogies Project in partnership
their students who graduated last year are working with Swiss Cottage Teaching School Alliance
in education and 97% already have a teaching role. based in London. We are delighted that Black-
friars Academy are taking the lead on this pro-
But this isn’t the only good news the school-cen- ject and look forward to hearing how things
tred initial-teaching training (SCITT) pro- p r o g r e s s .
gramme have received…KNSTE are delighted
to have been awarded three significant bids. We have also been awarded funding by The
Laurel Trust for a research project with 10
The DfE have awarded a three-year expansion schools, who are working with Year 4 and 5 Pupils
project to enable the SCITT to develop an Ini- to explore how using a Philosophy for Children
tial Teacher Education offer into Central and approach with picture books may help to develop
East Staffordshire from September 2019. This their inference and comprehension capabilities.
