Train to Teach
Realise your teaching ambitions at the University of Chester.
As one of the few institutions in the country to be rated ‘Outstanding’ in primary and secondary teacher education, the University of Chester is the ideal place to realise your ambitions. In choosing to train at Chester, you’ll be entering a high-quality training programme, in a supportive environment with carefully-selected teaching placements. We’ll help you to become a teacher who can make a real difference, with the ability to inspire and develop the next generation.
Take control of the next chapter of your life and start your journey on this highly rewarding career path with us today.
Inspire the next generation
Education is important for all of our futures. As a teacher, you'll have a pivotal role to play in shaping the next generation. You’ll have the opportunity to be a role model with the ability to develop your students’ talents. You’ll be able to maximise their potential, enabling them to achieve something they thought they never could.
Make a real difference
Your students’ success will be what drives you on. Of course, some students will succeed more easily than others but the feeling of accomplishment in seeing your students grow in confidence and ability will be what makes the job worthwhile.
Nurture young minds
The potential of young minds is incredible. A good teacher is able to raise a students' curiosity so that they’re not just learning; they’re questioning, debating and taking a real interest in what is being taught. A good teacher is also able to reach out to those who sometimes struggle to understand a concept, because they know there’s nothing more rewarding than when that student suddenly ‘gets it’.
Gain great job satisfaction
Teaching is a highly rewarding career path. By choosing to become a teacher, you’ll be choosing to work in an energizing environment with an array of personalities to engage and motivate. With fresh challenges to tackle on a regular basis, there will never be a dull moment. Each day will be different and you’ll gain a great deal of satisfaction in helping your pupils to grow and develop. With starting salaries in the region of £22 - £27K and some fantastic progression opportunities, teaching can offer you that vibrant career you’ve always wanted.
We aspire through our actions to raise learners’ self-belief and expectation, supporting them to maintain a healthy sense of well-being whilst reaching their educational achievement potential. There is no profession more giving than the teaching profession and the work of teachers must centre on improving the life chances of all children in their care. Such a simple and noble aspiration is often the reason people enter the profession, and for those who stay in the profession it is the enduring principle behind their work. As new teachers embarking on a challenging and rewarding career, they will be uniquely placed to contribute to a just and decent society where diversity is valued and celebrated. This guiding principle is fundamental to our aspiration for our Associate Teachers (ATs), and their achievements are its realisation.
Our programmes and partnership enshrine this principle and so our Associate Teachers are motivated and dedicated to learn through it. The high-quality training and education that we provide as an ITE (Initial Teacher Education) partnership, enables Associate Teachers to translate this principle into their classroom practice. This is not a process that ends in the achievement of ECT/NQT status, but one which affords opportunities to continue to learn throughout one’s life and career. In this way, also, it is a principle which guides all stakeholders involved in the initiation of new teachers, whether they are children, pupils and students in schools and colleges or whether they are mentors, tutors and other colleagues. We acknowledge that we continue to learn, develop and improve our practices all the time and that this development and the sharing of the collective wisdom and research accrued through it is what maintains and upholds our mission.
