School placement
All trainee teachers, apart from those on employment-based training, receive some training in schools, as well as at their university or higher education institution.
Trainee teachers must spend at least the following amounts of time being trained in schools:
- Trainees on a four-year undergraduate programme: 160 days (32 weeks)
- Trainees on a two- or three-year undergraduate programme: 120 days (24 weeks)
- Graduate trainees on a secondary programme: 120 days (24 weeks)
- Graduate trainees on primary programme: 90 days (18 weeks)
- Trainees on employment-based schemes: determined by the training programme
All trainees will teach and be trained in at least two schools.
Graduate trainees are expected to have a good understanding of the subject or subjects they are training to teach before they start their initial teacher training (ITT) programme. Some subject training courses are available to improve subject knowledge and understanding.
