ITT and Lead Programme Partner

Lead Programme Partner is an innovative route into teaching that enables schools to take a leading role in initial teacher training through working in partnership with accredited ITT providers. Loreto Grammar School currently has an alliance of 8 secondary schools and works in partnership with The University of Manchester.

Successful completion at a Lead Programme Partner leads to a Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) and the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Manchester University offers additional M-Level credits which can be used towards a Master’s Degree, should you wish to do additional training at a later date.

Loreto Grammar School offers places in the following subjects at our alliance schools in the Trafford area: Chemistry, Computer Science, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, MFL (French with Spanish or German), Physics, and Religious Education.

There is a possibility that trainees who successfully complete their training with us as a Lead Programme Provider will then go on to work in one of the schools in which they were trained – although this is not guaranteed. 

We do not accept applications from International fee-paying applicants. International students who wish to apply to the University of Manchester Secondary PGCE should do so directly to the core PGCE programme in the relevant subject.