This section contains resources for placements in Secondary schools for students on our academic university-based courses. For GTP resources click here.
For older resources, please visit the secondary school placement forms archive.
School Experience Programme
The School Experience Programme (SEP) has been developed by the Teaching Agency and allows those interested in teaching to gain classroom experience in primary and secondary schools. Several of our partndership schools are actively involved in the SEP programme, for instance Millais school in Horsham. For further information, please visit the School Experience Programme website.
Extreme circumstances and adverse weather conditions
School placement information for students
Travel expenses (Falmer based students)
Absence from placement
If you are absent you will need to inform your placement prior to the start of the school day and inform the Faculty Partnership Office (Email: EducationPlacementAbsence@brighton.ac.uk or Phone: 01273 641041)
When contacting the Faculty Partnership Office please provide the following details:
- Your name
- Course/year group
- Reasons for absence
- Anticipated return date (you will also need to inform us on returned to your placement)
Please refer to the Partnership in Education Handbook 2011/12 regarding Absence from Placement.
Contact information for mentors and professional tutors
Pebble help guides
Secondary assessment forms
- Teacher standards from September 2012
- Working with the Teacher's Standards
- Criteria for Assessing Trainees - UCET/NASBTT descriptors
- Observation criteria
Right click on the appropriate link, open in a new window and save onto your computer. Completed forms should be emailed to reach Susie by the dates given in the placement handbook: educationsecondaryreports@bton.ac.uk.
- SA Observation and Feedback Report
- SB Interim Placement Review on Teaching Competence
- SC End of Placement Report on Teaching Competence
- SD Cause for Concern
- SE Intermediate Placement Report 4 Year PE BA Hons with QTS Course (Year 2)
- Link tutor form
- SG Placement Progress Review: Subject Tutor Comment
- School Placement Timetable
- Secondary ITDP action plan
Secondary school partnership handbooks
Click on the required file and save to your computer before printing. You can download the PGCE/2 Year BA (Hons) with QTS Education Studies programme in word format here.
Other material available:
- Secondary Partnership in Education: Agreement and Handbook 2012/13
- Student Teachers and the DBS Check
- Secondary School Placement Dates 2012/13
- Secondary audit of good practice
- School Placement Booklet (Secondary) Year 4 2011/12
- Grading Descriptors
- Unit of Work
- Lesson Plan (form version)
- Lesson Plan (word version)
- Record of Mentorship
- Certificate of Attendance
- Secondary Partnership Survey 2006
Professional standards for QTS
Observation criteria
Criteria for Assessing Trainees
Secondary Education Studies Programme 2012/13
National Priorities
Subject mentor twilight meeting 13.02.13
- Exemplar ITDP
- Mentor meeting outline
- PebblePad Notes for Secondary Prof Year
- Tasks and Expectations from PiE
D&T
English
Geography
- Draft_NC_responseform
- GA_Conference_Apr_13
- GA support
- Geography_draftNC._13_2_13_mentor_discussion pdf
- PebblePad
- Teaching_Geog_flyer_2013
ICT
Maths
MFL
RS
Science
- Focus for Observations during Placement 2
- Mentor Meeting Feb 2013
- Plan on a Page Proforma
- Professional Year Science Routes Intervention Coaching Protocols
New professional tutor meeting 28.09.12
- Agenda
- Pebble
- Role of the link tutor
- ITT the first term
- Induction September 2012
- First placement itts taillight and ppd
- Evaluation of 2nd placement 2012
- Evaluation of induction 2012
- Training department mentor handbook
Professional tutor meeting 20.09.12
- Prof Tutor Agenda
- Future Landscape
- Brook Alliance
- Hastings Academies
- Analysis of Cause for Concern
- New Standards and Descriptors
- National Priorities
- Student Teacher Data
- The Role of the Senior Placement Supervisor
- OfSTED Framework and School Improvement
Publications
- Hargreaves: Creating a self-improving school system
- Hargreaves: Leading a self-improving school system
- Hargreaves: A self-improving school system in international context
Subject mentor twlight meeting 18.09.12
- Maths: Collaborative practice handbook 2012-13
- MFL mentor and trainee guidance
- MFL notes for mentors
- RS mentor meeting
PE and Dance Conference 12.09.12
- The Changing Shape of ITE
- PE Mentors Conference September 2012 – Embracing Change in ITE
- Students organise inclusive sports festival
- Mentors Conference Feedback Table
Subject mentor twilight meeting 08.02.12
- MFL Mentoring Scenarios
- MFL Grading Descriptors with Q’s D&T Placement 2 and Standards 2012
- Maths Mentor Training Knowledge Quartet
- RS Mentor Twilight
- RS Completing an Action Plan and Tagging to ITDP
- RS National PGCE RE Allocations
- RS New Teachers Standards 2012
- RS Pebblepad QTS Standards and Evidence
- RS Secondary PGCE RS Subject Audit Updated
- BS Grading Descriptors with Q’s
- BS Mentor Meeting Scenario
- BS Mentor Meeting
- MFL Grading Descriptor Task doer Mentors
- MFL Mentor Meeting
- Art and Design Mentor Meeting
- Mentor training knowledge quartet
- Maths page 1
- Maths page 2
- Maths page 3
- Maths page 4
- Maths page 5
- Maths page 6
- Maths page 7
New professional tutor meeting 03.10.11
- SA Form 1
- SA Form 2
- SB1
- SB2
- Mentor Meeting Notes
- Extra Guidance for Evidencing Standards
- Year in the life of a PT
Subject mentor twilight meeting 20.09.11
- D&T DSC initial letter to schools
- D&T DH CPD Application form July 2011
- D&T Mentor meeting outline
- D&T Deans Completing an Action Plan and Tagging to ITDP
- MFL Mentor meeting guidance
- RS PGCE Handbook 11-12
- RS Sept 2011 mentor meeting
Professional tutor meeting 22.09.11
- Presentation for professional Tutors 9.11
- THE ROLE OF THE EXTERNAL ADVISOR Sept 2011
- Data headlines for prof tutor conference
- Analysis of cause for concern 2010_11
- Mentor pebble
- PebblePad
- Teacher Education Presentation 22.9.11
Failed school placements 2009/10: PGCE and year 1 and 2 undergraduates
PE and dance conference 15.09.11
- Back to the future mentor conference (Sid Hayes)
- Lesson Planning Chelsea Student Guidance Notes Sept 2011
- Mentor Conference 15.9.11
- Lesson Planning PP (Fiona Smith)
- PP For Mentor Conference 2011
Archives
This section contains archived resources for placements in Secondary schools for students on our academic university-based courses.
- Secondary school placements archive 2011/2012
- Secondary school placements archive 2010/2011
- Secondary school placements archive 2009/2010
- Secondary school placements archive 2008/2009
- Secondary school placements archive pre 2008
Contact Details
Susie Negus and Vicki May are the Secondary Schools Administrators. Their contact details are as follows:
Secondary Schools Administrator
Partnership Office
University of Brighton
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH
tel. 01273 643412 (Susie)
tel. 01273 642932 (Vicki)
fax. 01273 643218
email: s.negus@brighton.ac.uk
email: v.j.may@brighton.ac.uk