We are pleased to offer an NQT programme designed with your needs in mind.

Forest Learning Alliance (FLA) and Bracknell Forest Local Authority, along with the support from your school and school-based mentor, aim to provide high quality learning experiences, training, help, guidance and support to ensure your first year in teaching is a successful one.

“It is not how good you are, it is about how good you want to be!”

Training, visits to schools and support from your mentor will enhance your subject knowledge alongside opportunities to develop the skills and strategies needed to excel in teaching. Most sessions will be led by your peers who, like you, are teaching in the classroom. Other sessions will be led by highly regarded national consultants or experienced advisors. They will share their expertise and provide you with many ideas to try out back at school. The sessions will also provide networking opportunities, building a professional learning community across our schools.

“Children in the most effective classrooms will learn in six months what pupils in an average classroom learn in a year. And the pupils in the least effective classrooms will take two years to learn the same amount of material. The difference between the two is the quality of the teacher”. Dylan William (Assessment for Learning – Why, What and How? Camden 2009)

Forest Learning Alliance has a strong reputation for delivering high quality training for its NQTs, as well as mentor support and ensuring all NQTs have their 10% statutory non-contact time. Most of the training sessions take place at the Open Learning Centre, Bracknell. The sessions are highly valued by our NQTs. The CPD sessions are designed to enrich your core school-based learning. Although we can’t cover everything, NQTs tell us that classroom management, behaviour and core subjects are the key areas they would like additional support with. The aim of our training programme is to ensure it meets your needs by providing:

• Experienced advisers and teachers to lead CPD.
• Consultants with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality training.
• Time to network with peers to share successes and challenges.
• Regular time out of class to help you in your first year of teaching.
• Practical ideas, activities and strategies to take back and use in your own classroom.

The NQT induction programme for Primary NQTs is led by a LA Adviser and Ravinder Ghei, Director of Forest Learning Alliance.

Forest Learning Alliance Professional Development Programme for Newly Qualified Teachers (Primary)

The Forest Learning Alliance Professional Development Programme for NQTs aims to provide support and guidance for newly qualified teachers during their induction year. The programme offers a variety of training courses and has been devised in consultation with headteachers, mentors and past NQTs. Courses are delivered by the Forest Learning Alliance and school based personnel, specialist leaders of education (SLEs), specialist consultants along with external trainers and aim to provide practical guidance on developing classroom practice and teaching techniques. These events also provide an excellent opportunity for NQTs to meet together on a regular basis during their induction year.

Bracknell Forest Authority is the awarding body for NQT certification