Career/ Trainee teachers and NQTs
Teaching is one of the toughest professions to enter as there's little room for error in the classoom for the newly qualified or trainee teacher. Find out how to deal with common problems and develop best practice
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Facts and figures about newly qualified teachers
Facts and figures about numbers of applicants for courses, subject trends and more
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Six ways to a calmer classroom
Government adviser, Andy Vass, shares his top tips on how to achieve a tranquil teaching environment.
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Useful organisations for teachers
From standards to school policies, find out all you need to know from our list of essential contacts.
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How to make the most of your school placement
There are tried and trusted ways to make the school experience work so try these techniques to hone your skills in the classroom.
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First day as an NQT: 12 tips and an anecdote
Nervous about the prospect of your first day as an NQT? TES Connect forum users provide their unexpurgated suggestions.
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How to cope with workloads
NQTs are burdened by bigger workloads during the induction year than at any other time in their career. Discover smart ways to cope.
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Guide to handling parents' evening
Parents’ evening can be daunting for even the most experienced teacher. Bag some tips to help the evening go smoothly.
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Preparing for induction assessment reports
Your induction is an important and busy time spent planning, teaching and assessing. There are key things you need to consider to make the process more productive
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Life after PGCE
There are immediate challenges to deal with for new PGCE graduates. Try these jobseeking and transition tactics
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Guide to staffroom etiquette
Make your breaktimes more restful by reading our dos and don’ts of staffroom behaviour.
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First Appointments magazine for NQTs
Read the latest issue of
First Appointments , the TES magazine for PGCE graduates and first jobbers. -
PGCE school placement
School experience is a crucial part of all teacher training courses and two students say how it was for them.
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Handle your induction year with aplomb
Experts and teachers share their tips on how to pass your induction year with flying colours
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Induction: have you been observed?
The Spring half-term is when things most often slip so need to nudge your induction tutor into organising it soon.
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No skills test, no QTS
Don’t waste your breath talking about the qualifications you have: in order to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS) everyone has to meet standard 2.8 – the skills tests.
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Newly qualified teacher FAQs
Read the answers to frequently asked questions prepared by NQT authority, Sara Bubb.
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Getting along with colleagues
Good relationships with colleagues provide an invaluable source of support and advice for the newly quaified teacher.
