Rushey Mead Academy
We are able to offer flexible dates and so your experience may not be on the date listed.
Rushey Mead Academy is the lead school in The Mead Educational Trust (TMET), and is a successful academy which challenges each member of its community to excel.
We are offering experiences at Rushey Mead Academy and across the Leicestershire Secondary SCITT partnership of schools, therefore your placement may not be at Rushey Mead Academy.
About our school experience
- Details
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We have a range of partnership schools that will be able to offer school experience and if we are not able to offer time at Rushey Mead, the Leicestershire Secondary SCITT will organise an alternative venue.
On these placements, you will observe teachers in the classroom and see the realities of teaching so you understand why we love this career.
- Start and finish times
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8.20am to 3pm
- Flexible
We can offer slots throughout the day when you could come in, find out about the school and teacher training before gong and observing teachers in the classroom.
- Dress code
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Business dress
- Teacher training
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Leicestershire Secondary SCITT is a school-based initial teacher training provider offering placements across Leicester and Leicestershire.
The SCITT is also a part of Rushey Mead Academy/Leicester Teaching School.
Links to more information about our school
- Rushey Mead Academy website
- Rushey Mead Academy Get Information About Schools
- Ofsted report: Rushey Mead Academy
- Performance information: Rushey Mead Academy
- Teacher training: Rushey Mead Academy
Entry requirements
You must:
- Must not have been accepted onto another teacher training course
- Must have a degree
- Photo identification: Photo ID will be required for all delegates, even where a new DBS check is not needed.
- Must already have eligibility to work in the UK and must be applying to start teacher training in September of the next academic year.
- DBS check required
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Yes - when in school. when you are due to come in for physical school experience we will organise a DBS check for you. The DBS check will cost you £50. We recommend you sign up to the update service and then should you join a teacher training course, you won't pay for another DBS.
Placement dates
Fees
- DBS check fees
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£50.00 One-off, Cash or cheque (payable to Rushey Mead Academy). NO CARDS ACCEPTED.
Cost of obtaining a DBS check
Location
- Address
- Melton Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 7AN
- Parking
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Yes - on site parking provided
Parking is available in main school car park. Directions will be sent out shortly before the 'Teacher Taster Week' commences.
- School phases
- Secondary (11 to 16)
- Subjects
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- Art and design
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computing
- Design and technology
- English
- French
- Geography
- History
- Maths
- Music
- Physics
- Religious education