Episode 1 - ‘What Makes Great Teaching’ features host Matthew Coatsworth and guest Elaine Li Koo, Deputy Headteacher at Ladygrove Park Primary School in Didcot, as they explore an important review by the Sutton Trust from 2014.
"I’ll never be a teacher. It sounds way too stressful and difficult. I’m not ready.” These were the words I uttered to a teacher friend sometime in 2015. I have since eaten my words. Less than a year later, I started properly looking into teacher training.
It was graduation day at The Cherwell School last week for the salaried cohort of OTT trainees. Certificates were handed out to mark the gaining of Qualified Teacher Status by 47 trainees – 22 of whom had qualified in secondary schools and 25 in primaries.