Teacher Partnerships
Partnering with University of Gloucestershire (UoG) enables schools to play a central role in developing the next generation of teachers while benefiting from a friendly, supportive partnership.
With a strong pastoral ethos, close collaboration between school staff and university lecturers and access to modern facilities and research, UoG helps schools strengthen teaching practice, support staff development and connect to a wide regional education network.
The Benefits of Partnering with UoG
- Play an active role in training and mentoring future teachers
- Access university lecturers, research, and professional expertise
- Build links with UoG’s state-of-the-art City Campus facilities
- Join a large network of partner schools, colleges and training providers
- Contribute to county-wide education discussions and best practice sharing
- Support staff development and mentoring experience
- Engage in outreach and community education initiatives
- Benefit from a supportive, welcoming partnership focused on people and wellbeing
Training Partner
- All Saints’ Academy
- Churchdown School Academy
- Cleeve School
- Maidenhill School
- Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre
- Pittville School
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Join us to support the next generation of teachers while developing your own skills and expertise. Whether you’re new to mentoring or an experienced guide, there’s a place for you in our vibrant mentor community.
Why mentor with us:
- Build and develop your mentoring skills with structured support
- Shape the mentor curriculum and share your expertise
- Grow your professional portfolio with bronze, silver, or gold levels
- Collaborate on research and innovative teaching projects
- Gain recognition through the Placement Mentor Award scheme
- Connect with peers at the annual Summer Mentor Workshop
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Multiple Providers FAQs
We’ve put together a handy list of frequently asked questions below.
- Access a wider range of trainees, strengthening recruitment opportunities.
- Raise your school’s profile regionally and nationally.
- Enrich mentor professional development through different training models and ITaP approaches.
- Offer a broader range of subjects throughout the year, with flexible rotation.
- Not necessarily. Experienced providers collaborate to streamline processes and reduce duplication.
- Workload also depends on your school’s organisation, including induction and timetabled events.
- Flexible structures allow trainees to learn together, and knowing provider expectations helps manage tasks.
- Clear communication is essential to avoid clashes.
- Use a centralised calendar to track placements and ITaP training days.
- Provider flexibility can help fit training into your school’s schedule.
- Most providers follow the ITT Core Content Framework and use similar platforms (e.g., NASBTT).
- Providers share mentoring updates for staff, helping maintain accurate records.
- Standardising internal mentoring logs or observation forms simplifies administration.
- Builds confidence through interaction with peers in similar placements.
- Exposure to different pedagogical approaches expands their skills
- Emotional and wellbeing support improves when multiple trainees are present.
- Opportunities to develop collaborative networks across schools.
- All providers aim to train strong, resilient, adaptable teachers.
- National frameworks ensure alignment, and any differences are managed via communication, timetabling and provider flexibility.
- Partnership leads are available to guide and assist with any issues.
- Regional networks allow sharing of best practices.
- Templates, calendars, and resources help schools transition to multiple providers.
Placements
View the regions of our partnership schools on the map and specific schools by county below.
- All Saints’ Academy Cheltenham
- Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
- Churchdown School Academy
- Cleeve School
- Denmark Road High School
- Dene Magna School
- Gloucester Academy
- Henley Bank High School
- Holmleigh Park High School
- Maidenhill School
- Newent Community School
- Pittville School
- Rednock School
- Ribston Hall High School
- St Edward’s School, Cheltenham
- Tewkesbury School
- The Crypt School
- Winchcombe School
- Wyedean School & Sixth Form Centre
- John Kyrle High School
- John Masefield High School
- Weobley High School
- Chipping Norton School
- The Cotswold School
- Abbey Park School
- Commonweal School
- Great Western Academy
- Highworth Warneford School
- Lydiard Park Academy
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
- Blaise High School
- Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
- Priory Community School – An Academy
- Yate Academy