Partnerships Portal

Build Partnerships

It is essential for schools to build and foster strong relationships with their local and regional training providers. A partnership with an ITT provider is probably the most powerful way to improve and sustain effective recruitment of high-quality teachers.

If your school wants to get more involved in ITT by hosting placements and working with an accredited ITE provider, you can access 19 providers across the West Midlands by completing our Get Involved tool:

If you are an ITE provider who needs support with placement capacity, use our tool to access support from Teaching School Hubs across the West midlands:


Supporting School Experience and Placements

Create opportunities and find recruits – offering school experience placements is a great way to find talent and meet the colleagues of tomorrow. Use this page to register your school for single day school experience placements.

https://schoolexperience.education.gov.uk/schools

Signpost the school experience portal – parents, colleagues, alumni might not know that the school experience portal exists. They can use this page to sign up for a school experience visit.

https://schoolexperience.education.gov.uk

DfE guidance for schools wanting to host placements – this page explains what is required of schools to host ITT placements and recruit the colleagues of the future.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/offer-a-trainee-teacher-placement


Our Toolkit for Schools

This toolkit is designed to support schools with recruitment within their local communities, alumni, and from the wider market.

These resources are free to all schools and can be adapted to suit your context and needs.