Getting some classroom experience can help you to decide whether teaching is right for you - it could also strengthen your application. Don’t worry if you can’t find any school experience during the summer holidays, prior school experience isn’t a mandatory requirement. Register with us and our free Teacher Training Adviser service will support you with your application to get a place for this September. 

Get a taste of school life with our Get School Experience service. There are hundreds of schools across the country participating, so you should be able to find an opportunity local to you. 

During your placement, you’ll usually have the opportunity to:

• talk to teachers about day-to-day school life
• observe teaching and pastoral work
• watch a range of lessons and age groups being taught

Find and request school experience

If you can’t find a local school, we’d suggest you check again from September, when more placements will become available. 

Arranging school experience independently

You can also arrange your own school experience directly with a school. There are lots of ways to do this – find out how.

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