Trainee Teacher

Overview - Trainee Teacher

Classroom-based Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme based in one of our 57 schools. Lift Schools is one of the largest school trusts nationwide and we are partnered with Ark Teacher Training to deliver our programme.

You'll gain a PGCE (Post-Graduate Certificate of Education) and your Qualified Teacher Status whilst working hands-on in the classroom as a teacher. Immediately having impact, your tutor and coach will support you to build up your independent teaching time during the year.

Eligibility:  You will need a degree at 2.2 minimum and GCSE Maths & English (or overseas equivalents accompanied by an ENIC statement) as well as Right to Work in the UK.

The Trainee Teacher Programme Includes:

1. Summer school
   We provide two weeks of intensive preparation in August. This ensures you enter the classroom with a good grounding in educational theory and practice.
2. Personalised support
   Your tutor and in-school coach will be on hand to offer advice and discuss any challenges.
3. Weekly training sessions
   These sessions will take place throughout your training year, enhancing the skills you’re learning in the classroom.
4. National support network
   ‍We have trainees – and recent former trainees – in schools around the country. As a Lift Schools trainee, you will be able to draw on support from across our trust – during your training year and beyond.
5. Commitment to equal opportunity
   ‍We are committed to diversity and equal opportunity in our trust and its schools, and we provide a support system to ensure that all our trainees are able to reach their full potential.

The training programme itself is school-based and you will spend half a day every week in a session with your Ark tutor and other trainees from the network.

Culture and values - Trainee Teacher

Our Vision

Lift Schools believes an excellent education is an entitlement for every child, and we do everything in our power to ensure that our schools are making that a reality for every pupil in our care.

Our Mission

• We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
• With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
• We will work with others beyond our network to create capacity in the sector to benefit more children and communities.

Be unusually brave

We're not afraid to make the right call – and we challenge wrongs, even when it's difficult to do so.

Discover what's possible

We create eureka moments for our pupils, helping them to discover new possibilities and opportunities.

Push the limits

We don’t settle for anything less than excellent – and we won’t allow our pupils to, either.

Be big hearted

We choose to treat each other with kindness, warmth and care. We believe that everybody matters equally.

Further Details - Trainee Teacher

Salary Details 

• Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship £21,731 + £9,250 tuition fees paid by Lift Schools (£25,758 in London)
• Tuition-Fee Route - Up to £31,000 per annum Bursary/Scholarship*
  • *Degree dependent: 1st or 2:1 = Scholarship of £31,000, 2:1 or 2:2 = Bursary of £29,000  (Scholarships and Bursaries are Tax-Free)
• 2^nd Year guaranteed salary of £31,650 (£36,413 in London)

Locations

Barnsley, Bristol, Birmingham, Bradford, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, London, Leeds, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Staffordshire, Surrey, Swindon, Torbay.

N.B  - We are unable to provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must have Right to Work in the UK (full-time) from July 2025 until September 2026.

Equality and diversity

Diversity and inclusivity in teaching is essential – teachers have a unique ability to impact what students believe about what’s possible for their lives, and are often some of only a few adults that young people really engage with. It’s therefore incredibly important that pupils have a rich and diverse teaching body to learn from; they’re able to see themselves in positions of leadership and authority, while their perceptions and world-views are broadened.

But it’s not just our students who benefit from diversity. At Lift Schools, we believe that inclusivity and the representation of people, circumstances, identities, cultures, and ethnicities from all sections of society make us stronger as individuals and as an organisation.