School Experience

If you're considering Initial Teacher Training or would like some experience before you start, you can visit schools to get unpaid experience in the classroom.

You can visit schools to get unpaid experience in the classroom before you start your initial teacher training (ITT).

It can help you:

• decide if you want to train to be a teacher

• discover if you’d like to teach in a primary or secondary school

• build a relationship with a school you might want to work for later

What to expect

Your experience will either be in a school or joining classes and meeting teachers online. Experiences usually last one or 2 days, but some can last up to 3 weeks.

During your experience, you’ll get to do things like:

• observe lessons

• see how teachers manage a classroom

• find out how specific subjects are taught

• speak to teachers and meet pupils

• learn more about teacher training - including the application and interview process

Applications are open all year round.