Partnership
Our strength in primary and early years education is the close working relationship we have with more than 390 primary schools across the Midlands and wider region. These close ties ensure we can produce the right teachers for this demanding sector.
The partnership trains primary and early years schoolteachers on our three-year BA (Hons) QTS course and one-year PGCE. See the relevant section on this webpage to access supporting materials. Documentation is intended to provide you with a holistic understanding of the course and a more specific knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of University Lead Mentors and School Professional and Placement Mentors and associate teachers.
Statutory Guidance
This document contains mandatory guidance and accompanying advice from the Department for Education (DfE). This means that accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers must have regard to the mandatory guidance when carrying out their duties relating to ITT.
Accredited ITT providers must ensure they meet these criteria to remain compliant. ITT providers who do not comply with these criteria may be subject to withdrawal of accreditation.
This document applies to accredited providers delivering ITT for the academic year 2024-25.
Primary Strategic Partnership Committee (PSPC)
The Primary Strategic Partnership Committee challenges Primary leaders to ensure that we continue to provide a quality training programme for our associate teachers in the region. Under the chairmanship of Claire Bick, (Water Orton Primary School), the PSPC will hold University leads to account and review evidence around quality assurance processes both in terms of partnership, mentoring and taught delivery. We look forward to deepening our valuable partnership through on-going discussion about the strategic workings via this Committee which feeds into the University ITT Board.
Primary SPC membership 2024-25
Name |
Position |
School |
| Razia Ali | Executive Headteacher | Leigh Trust |
| Katie Baggley | Headteacher | The Oaks, Birmingham |
| Claire Bick | Assistant Headteacher (Chair) | Water Orton Primary School |
| Natalie Crozier | Headteacher | Annie Lennard Primary School |
| Carl Glasgow | Executive Headteacher | The Federation of Boldmere Schools |
| Humara Haq | Assistant Head | Greenholm Primary School |
| Sarah Hobden | Headteacher | Castle Bromwich Junior School |
| Kyle Lewis | Assistant Headteacher | Parkfield Community Primary School |
| Fiona Owen | Assistant Headteacher | King David Junior and Infant School |
| Sadef Sarwar | Placements Lead | Somerville Primary School |
| Natalie Shipley | Principal | Holyhead Primary Academy |
Primary SPC meetings 2024-25
Meetings are normally held each half term. If you're interested in joining the Primary SPC, please email Claire Bick rapsey.c@welearn365.com as Chair or Anne Whitacre at anne.whitacre@bcu.ac.uk
We welcome colleagues to strengthen our partnership through collaboration to ensure that the teachers we train continue to provide an effective resource in your classrooms.
Term 1:
Tuesday 24 September 2024
Term 2:
Tuesday 21 January 2025
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Term 3:
Tuesday 8 July 2025