Graduate Teacher Intern into Apprentice

This role offers the opportunity to work for a year as a Teacher Intern leading to the Apprenticeship route to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with The Cambridge Partnership, known as the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship (PGTA) If you are a graduate, or about to graduate, with relevant experience of working with children and young people with special educational needs or with a commitment to training to teach within a specialist environment, we would like to hear from you. Please see https://teachincambs.org.uk/train-to-teach/teacher-apprenticeships-level-6-postgraduate/ for entry requirements. For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Joanne Hardwick, email Joinus@samuelpepys.cambs.sch.uk. What will you be doing? About the school Samuel Pepys is a Cambridgeshire area special school for 144 wonderful pupils (increasing to 165) aged 3 to 19 years living in St. Neots and the surrounding area. All pupils have an Education, Health and Care Plan to meet their individual needs. Our pupils inspire and teach us a lot and we are committed to ensuring everyone achieves their full potential through fun, purposeful and engaging learning opportunities. We are proud to work in partnership with families, other professionals and with the dedicated support of Governors. What to expect :

• Be part of a friendly and outward looking school with wonderful pupils, supportive families and a strong staff team ethos;
• Ongoing opportunities for continued professional learning and development alongside the apprenticeship route with The Cambridge Partnership (subject to successfully competing the intern year and gaining a place on the apprenticeship route into teaching)
• Work with colleagues to plan and deliver high quality learning opportunities within a well resourced school and the wider community;
• Promote communication and interaction in a range of settings including our Literacy Lounge, Forest School, MiLE Sensory Room, trampoline, soft play and outdoor learning areas., Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
  
  The successful applicant will initially work as an Intern alongside an experienced Teacher. Then, subject to successful completion of the intern year (2026-27) and gaining a place on the Postgraduate Apprenticeship route, as an Apprentice Teacher from July 2027 until July 2028 to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with The Cambridge Partnership (PGTA) This is a temporary role. To gain further experience, there may be an opportunity to work as a Teaching Assistant in the Summer Term 2026 before the internship starts.
  
  Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
  
  Salary range for Intern: £24,790-£26,835 (Actual £20,656-£22,360) Salary for Apprenticeship: £21,731 (UQT1)