Teacher Training

Placements

 
The University of Exeter’s long standing reputation for exceptional teacher education means that we have strong partnerships with schools across the South West who offer placements for our trainees.  

You will be placed in at least two schools during the course and all our Partnership Schools have specially Exeter-trained mentors who will assist you in learning to teach. These colleagues are essential to your development as a teacher and will help you to develop both classroom skills and reflective and evaluative strategies.

We have a dedicated Partnership Office who coordinate placements, train school staff and develop and maintain our school partnership relationships. Our very experienced Partnership team will communicate regularly with applicants to ensure we have a clear picture of individual needs when allocating trainees to their placement schools.  We work tirelessly supporting trainees, academics and schools to ensure school-based experiences fully prepare trainees to enter the teaching profession, able to teach in any context. 

The University of Exeter works with schools across the South West. You will be placed in two schools during your training year. 

You should consider when applying, what your preferred placement area would be within our partnership region.  Our partnership areas are 'East & South Devon', 'Dorset & Somerset', 'Mid & North Devon' and 'West Devon & Cornwall'.

You can then discuss at interview which of the partnership area placement options is the best fit for your circumstances. Following a formal offer, you will then be asked to provide more specific detail about your placement preferences.  For our Primary courses, placements are usually within commutable distance of Exeter but you can request to be placed anywhere within our Partnership area.  We advise that you apply as early in the recruitment cycle as possible if location is important to you as we have a limited number of placements in some popular locations.

There is also the opportunity to apply for a London Partner School for the summer placement, more information is provided about this once you start the course. 

 

Image showing locations of partnership campus and area

In addition, the following map shows the location of our Partnership schools where we have placed primary trainees over the past three years:

Map of primary placement locations over last 2 years

The University of Exeter works with schools across the South West. You will be placed in two schools during your training year. You should consider when applying, what your preferred placement area would be within our partnership region.  Out partnership areas are 'East & South Devon', Dorset & Somerset', 'Mid & North Devon' and 'West Devon & Cornwall'.

You can then discuss at interview which of the partnership area placement options is the best fit for your circumstances. Following a formal offer, you will then be asked to provide more specific detail about your placement preferences.  We advise that you apply as early in the recruitment cycle as possible if location is important to you as we have a limited number of placements in some popular locations.

You should select which of the partnership area placement options is the best fit for your circumstances. You will then be asked to provide more specific detail about your placement preferences if a place on the course is confirmed.

Image showing locations of partnership campus and area

In addition, the following map shows the location of our Partnership schools where we have placed secondary trainees over the past two years.

Map showing locations of secondary placements

Expert coaching and mentoring ensure that trainees become highly insightful when evaluating their teaching strengths and can focus on the areas requiring further development. As a result, trainees become resilient and self-assured in their ability to teach. 

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