Primary
Birmingham Newman Direct Partners
We work with a range of Birmingham Newman Direct partners across the West Midlands region. Each partner works with its own group of schools.
If you are applying for a Birmingham Newman Direct Primary place, you will undertake a placement in at least two school settings within the partnership.
For further information about our partnerships please see the information below:
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The Tividale partnership has a proven track record of effectively supporting trainees to become successful teachers. The feedback from previous trainees (including Birmingham Newman Direct, PGCE and Undergraduate) is always extremely positive and complimentary.
As a trainee, you will be working with a highly skilled, but also caring and supportive team within a school who will do everything they can for you to succeed. You will be allocated an experienced school-based mentor who will support you during the programme.
In addition, there will be opportunities to participate fully in the wider aspects of school life. One of the ways our trainees are so successful is their ability to work collegiately by sharing experiences and offering mutual support.
Our partner schools reflect the diverse nature of education on the outskirts of Birmingham, ensuring your placements are varied and increase your chances of finding the school that is right for you.
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St John Bosco Catholic Primary School was formally a Teaching School and has been offering Birmingham Newman Direct places both primary and secondary since 2013. In 2021 it joined a Multi Academy Company (of the same name!) which comprises of two secondary schools, Stuart Bathurst and Bishop Milner and five primary schools:
St Josephs in Dudley, St Chads in Sedgley, St Mary’s in Wednesbury, St John Bosco in West Bromwich and St Marks in Great Barr and St Bernadettes in Brownhills. We also offer School Placement in non Catholic schools that we have worked alongside since 2013, extending our reach within the Black Country. Each student accepted into the programme is provided with a laptop which is theirs to keep if they successfully complete the training year.
We have a very supportive relationship with Birmingham Newman University and our partnership tutor Andrew Sheehan and course leader Claire Owen. As a student you will have the support of Andrew, Claire and our own MAC School Direct lead Chris Randall, together with a school based mentor and class teachers to support you on your journey to become a teacher at school and university level.
St John Bosco Catholic Academy (Primary School Direct), Bishop Milner Catholic College, Burton Road, Dudley, DY1 3BY
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Futures Teaching is committed to recruiting and training outstanding enthusiastic individuals, passionate about becoming outstanding teachers. With our partner schools we cover a wide area of the West Midlands, including Coventry, Hinckley, Leamington Spa, Warwick and Rugby. We offer Birmingham Newman Direct (Training-fee paying) places.
We strive to ‘Build Brighter Futures Together.’ Our values are based on the core principles of ‘Students First; No Barriers: It’s About Learning’. Our partnership of schools, and their Professional and Subject Mentors, are led by Aidan Jenkins, Teacher Development Director.
We believe we offer the very best specialist help in developing your classroom skills, whilst gaining a theoretical understanding of teaching and learning from your time at Birmingham Newman University. We work with you from the start to find a school (within our limits) that suits you and your location and has a place. After Christmas there will also be a complementary placement at one of the other partner schools. This is an opportunity to develop your practice further, and will offer a contrast in key stage and school context.
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St Paul’s School for Girls is an outstanding Catholic Secondary school which works in collaboration with a number of Catholic primary and secondary schools, forming the Caritas Christi group. With our close partnership of inner-city schools, we have a strong track record of training teachers and are committed to providing the best possible experience for our trainees and children so that expectations are high and aspirations can be raised.
We have had 100% employment for all cohorts, with an average of 70% employed in our previous partner schools and as a result of the success of our programmes we are keen to develop the next generation of teachers. St Paul’s Caritas Christi works in partnership with Birmingham Newman University providing high quality courses and support for trainees. Experienced mentors in schools will support you throughout your training year and, alongside your university tutors, will ensure that you receive personal and bespoke support to ensure a successful year.
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At St. Peter’s Solihull Teaching School Partnership, we have a long and successful history of training new teachers through school-based training.
Undertaking the primary Birmingham Newman Direct programme with our partner is an exciting opportunity to develop into an outstanding teacher with the drive and motivation to make a difference.
Successful completion of the course will lead to the award of qualified teacher status (QTS) and will include a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) certified by Birmingham Newman University.
We offer a highly successful, bespoke training programme and have an excellent track record and a wealth of experience in training new teachers. We work alongside local primary schools, ensuring high quality mentoring and support and the course will equip you with practical as well as theoretical knowledge as you begin your career as a primary practitioner.
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Lumen Christi is Latin for the ‘Light of Christ’. The name perfectly captures the spirit of guidance and enlightenment to which our organisation aspires. Our mission is simply to work ‘together with trust, respect and love to provide the highest quality of Catholic education to our communities.’ We feel that working as a Multi Academy Company, we can together achieve our guiding aims and in doing so provide pupils and students with the opportunities to fulfil their highest potential and become the people God is calling them to be.
We are group of seven primary schools and one secondary school predominately based in South Birmingham, however we also have a school in Sheldon, Birmingham.
We work in partnership with Birmingham Newman University and interview with Newman colleagues to take students who want to work in the primary sector and who want to gain hands-on experience as they train.
Training includes in-school training led by classroom teachers in our partnership, to support your learning from safeguarding to phonics; behaviour management to planning and assessment.
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Stour Vale School Direct provides a unique, high-quality teacher training experience for prospective Primary and Secondary Teachers via School Direct Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses. We are an alliance of schools based across the West Midlands that work closely together in collaboration with local universities to recruit and train the teachers and school leaders of the future.
With an exciting and comprehensive training programme that delivers up-to-date pedagogy alongside proven and practical skills for use in the classroom, our vision is to ensure all trainees are given the best possible start to their teaching profession.
Experienced mentors guide trainees through the course and ensure that their time with us is challenging, rewarding and enjoyable!