Training to Teach in Leeds City Centre
The recently refurbished GORSE SCITT training base is located in the heart of Leeds city centre, on the corner of the Headrow and Albion Street. We are situated on floors 4 and 5 of Leeds Mathematics School in a purposefully designed environment that ensures that the trainee teachers that join GOSRE SCITT have access to all of the facilities they require. Our location means that we are accessible from across the Yorkshire and Humber region and are a less than ten minute walk from both Leeds train and bus stations.
Furthermore, our training base boasts a wide range of facilities on the doorstep including Leeds Trinity and Victoria shopping centres, theatres such as the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Leeds Grand Theatre and Leeds city museum.
Forming Networks (and friendships)
The design of the training base and the structure of our curriculum provide trainee teachers with the opportunity to build networks and friendships with fellow trainees both inside and outside of their training programmes.
The training base has many training rooms and two dedicated social spaces, including kitchen facilities and a Costa coffee on the ground floor, that allows trainees to both learn and socialise with their peers. These networks, and friendships, continue beyond the GORSE SCITT training programme with many of our alumni staying in touch with one another for many years after the completion of their training course.
Primary Alumni
“Training with GORSE SCITT has been an incredible experience and the ideal way to begin my teaching career. From day one, the level of support and guidance has been outstanding, whether it’s been from mentors, subject leads, or …
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Exceptional Support
“Training with GORSE SCITT has been an incredibly rewarding and life-changing experience. From the very beginning, the programme provided me with outstanding training, tailored support, and the professional development I needed …
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Secondary Alumni
“From the vast unknown to the ultra-commonplace, Science is everything in our existence. Science is all around us, and I believe there is something for every student to discover- it is our duty as teachers to help them find it! …
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Enhancement Days at GORSE SCITT
At GORSE SCITT, we strive to offer as much additionality to our outstanding course to provide varied and engaging experiences for our trainees. As part of GORSE, all trainees have access to a range of experiences which will include a day in a school outside of your phase. Alongside the school experience, there will also be opportunities to spend time at an alternative provision. This includes The Stephen Longfellow Academy, which provides exceptional alternative provision, in terms of both curriculum and therapy, for students aged 5 to 16 in the South Leeds region and surrounding areas. As well as this there are several SILC (Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre) providers in, and around, the city of Leeds who we also partner with for outstanding experiences. Another opportunity available is to attend a site that may include CCA provision (Complex Communication and Autism) and SEMH (Social Emotional Mental Health) needs, either at Rainbow Base in Richmond Hill (Primary) or Horizons at The John Smeaton Academy (Secondary).
These experiences help to provide a much broader and richer training experience.
