We are The OAKS (Ormiston and Keele SCITT), an Ofsted Outstanding Secondary Initial Teacher Training provider based at Keele University in Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire.
Ours is an innovative and intensive one year course during which trainees will complete both the Teaching Standards, gaining QTS certification and obtain a Keele University PGCE academic award at either level 6 or 7.
We believe that we provide a course that is both supportive and enjoyable, with Outstanding success rates (see below) well above the national average for the Initial Teacher Training sector.
Click on the thumbnails below to download further information. Our flier gives an overview of who we are and what we offer, and our information booklet provides more detailed information.
Flier
Information booklet
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of our trainees' outcomes (final grade awarded) were either Outstanding or Good
of our trainees rate our provision as Outstanding or Good
of our trainees rate our subject specific training as either Outstanding or Good
NQT Post
It’s always an immense please when we receive regular updates from our previous Trainees and are extremely proud of their achievements as they develop their careers in teaching. 2020/21 PE PGCE graduate, Callum Aris has just been in touch with an update on his start […]
School
This week all of our trainees are out and about completing their a Primary School experience. The purpose of this element of the programme is to enable them to observe the behaviour of younger children and to begin to reflect on how pupils learn whilst […]
Keele Session
Yesterday saw the start of a new academic year, with our 2021/22 cohort joining us for the first time. We were all really impressed with the professionalism of all of the trainees as they were introduced to the OAKS staff and were informed of the […]