Blog

What are your all-time favourite sing out loud catchy bangers? I’ve reflected on some of the classics and suggest they can give us some inspiration to be wonderful, inclusive and adaptive teachers.

Firework Katy Perry

Teachers will inevitably sometimes feel paper thin as a result of…

Congratulations to our new cohort of trainee teachers for 2024-2025. You have begun the first steps towards your journey of becoming a primary/SEND teacher with us this year! September is always such an exciting time to see so many new faces, eager and ready to begin their teacher training. This…

We have reached the end of term! Our academic year has now finished and our trainee teachers are excitedly preparing for the next stage of their careers. As usual at this time of year, we are reflecting on the journey and wonderful times throughout 2023-2024. If you would like to read a blog post…

Reflecting on my year of teacher training, I am struck by how transformative and enriching the experience has been. It has not only prepared me for my future career but has also significantly shaped my personal and professional development.

The teaching staff have been nothing short of…

For those training to teach, or training for anything for that matter, AI might seem to offer an easy option for fast access to information and the knowledge often needed before a next step can be taken. Take a trainee (or even experienced) teacher who is teaching about a certain topic for the…

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – the journey continues

At KNSTE we are coming to the end of a 3-year action plan to address DEI within our organisation (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | KNSTE (knste-shaw.org.uk). There has been, over the three years a significant shift in our mindset,…

This blog post has been written by one of our trainee teachers who is currently on our 2023-2024 cohort. At this point in the year, the trainees have completed their first placement and are in the midst of a two-week training block with us at KNSTE before embarking on placement 2. 

I can’t…

The importance of EAL pedagogy in supporting all learners

As England has increasingly become a country of rich diversity and culture, our schools now reflect this with the latest government data reporting that 22.0% of primary pupils in 2022-2023 had a first language known or believed to…

Mankind owes the child the best that it has to give (The Geneva Declaration 1924)

Are you a collector? A diary writer? A journal keeper? We do this to record and capture happy and challenging times. I keep a journal of quotes or lyrics that mean or have meant something to me. I enjoy…

Image by rawpixel.com

I work with an amazing group of colleagues without whom our school could not function – the Teaching Assistants (TAs).  They prompt, clue, model and correct all day long to support teachers to deliver the curriculum, as well as everything else. What does their day…

I am just now starting Week 5 of the KNSTE Initial Teacher Training, and it has gone so quick! I was in my first placement school for a week right at the beginning of the school term where I could focus on observing how my class teacher set expectations, got to know the children, and established…

Image by rawpixel.com

Are you thinking of training to teach?

Have you always wanted to be working in a classroom environment?

Are you looking for a change in career for the 23/24 academic year?

You may be wondering what you need to do first to get your application…