Placements
"Really enjoying living in and exploring the South West" - Primary Teaching and Learning trainee
“I have had a fantastic year and feel that I have the best possible training behind me as I start my first post in September!" - Secondary MFL trainee
“The pedagogical and personal support offered to trainees is excellent. We have been consistently impressed” – Secondary Partnership School
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.
All primary trainees apply to a particular Initial Teacher Education Hub and are then asked to provide their preferences about where they would like to be placed once a place on the course has been confirmed. Placements are usually within commutable distance of your chosen Initial Teacher Education Hub (e.g. Exeter - St Luke’s ITE Hub, Somerset/Dorset ITE Hub in Yeovil or North & Mid Devon ITE Hub in High Bickington), however, you can request to be placed anywhere within the Exeter Partnership area.
The University of Exeter Partnership area and our Initial Teacher Education Hubs are shown on the following map:
Exeter - St Luke's ITE Hub
St Luke's Campus, Exeter, EX1 2LU
Somerset/Dorset ITE Hub
Fiveways School, Yeovil, BA21 5AZ
North & Mid Devon ITE Hub
High Bickington Community Centre, EX37, 9PN
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.
The University of Exeter works with schools across the South West. You will be placed in two schools during your training year. Secondary trainees select at application their preferred placement area within our Partnership region (our partnership areas are ‘Exeter, East and South Devon partnership area’, ‘Dorset & Somerset Partnership area’, ‘Mid/North Devon Partnership area’ and ‘West Devon & Cornwall Partnership area’).
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.
The University of Exeter Partnership area and our campus location are shown on the following map:
University of Exeter
St Luke's Campus, Exeter, EX1 2LU
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.
Ofsted
Inspection Report 2023
