Kent & Medway Training Press Release
"Outstanding Local Teacher Training Provision Recognised"
We are delighted to announce that in our recent Ofsted inspection we achieved a Grade 1 assessment in recognition of our outstanding teacher training provision.
Kent and Medway Training is a well established School Centre Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) consortium of fifteen successful schools in the Kent and Medway area, offering graduates the opportunity to train to become secondary school teachers. The consortium is headed by the Leigh Technology Academy.
The Key strengths identified by the inspection team included:
- the very well structured and comprehensive training course
- very good management with highly effective communication
- the high degree of commitment and involvement from all partner schools, including at senior level.
- the very effective mentoring which meets trainees' needs very well
- the rigorous quality assurance of all aspects of training
- a commitment to the continuing improvement of provision
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David Chidlow (Business Studies trainee) commented "This is richly deserved... after twenty years out of education the school based training at KMT made the transition into full time teaching much less daunting"
Janet Winder (Course Director) said: "I am delighted that the very high quality of teacher training provided by our fifteen partner schools has been recognised by Ofsted"
Frank Green (Principal of the Leigh Technology Academy) commented: "This is no more than appropriate recognition for the outstanding teacher training provided by KMT. Over 50% of trainees year on year gain employment in Consortium schools"
For further information the Kent and Medway Training website can be found at http://www.kmtraining.org.uk. There are a few available places on the PGCE and GTP programs available for a September 2008 start. Contacting KMT is easy, either go to http://www.kmtraining.org.uk/contact.htm or telephone 01322 620518
