ENQUIRY

• Explore our website to find out more about the details about our innovative programme, and eligibility requirements.
• Contact reachteach@reach2.org or call 01332 473827 with any questions about the programme. 
• Sign-up for our information briefing online session which runs every Wednesday at 4.15pm (email reachteach@reach2.org to sign up)
• Spend half a day in a school in your region experiencing what it's like to work in a school. See our page Teacher Training events for more information 
• We can support with helping to arrange school visits where needed, to help you decide on the right training location for you. 

APPLICATION

• Search for REAch Teach (provider code 1QU) on Find Postgraduate teacher training.
• Apply for our programme via the DfE Apply system. You can indicate a preference for a school location on application. 

SHORTLISTING (around 1 week after application)

1. One of our friendly team will be in touch when you submit an application to acknowledge your application and to answer any questions. We will also invite you to the next REAch Teach Information Briefing session.
2. Within a week, we will then review your application to ensure it meets the eligibility criteria and our REAch Teach trainee criteria.
3. If you have indicated a preferred school, we will liaise with them about your application. If you have not, we will look at the closest partner schools to you and get in touch with them to check availability of training places.
4. If your application meets the relevant REAch Teach trainee criteria, we will be delighted to invite you to an online Stage 1 interview.
5. You will be asked to send copies of photographic ID as well as your GCSE and degree certificates to reachteach@reach2.org 

STAGE 1 INTERVIEW (around 2-3 weeks after application)

Our goal through the interview process is to help you feel as comfortable as possible so we can get to know you and you can showcase your full potential:

1. You will be interviewed online by a Local ITT lead or our National ITT Lead. 
2. You will be asked in advance to prepare a presentation, and in one part of your interview you will share your presentation, and respond to a series of scenarios and questions.
3. You will also be asked in advance to prepare a short micro-teach episode (more details will be shared to help you to prepare) which you will use as part of your online interview. You'll be asked to teach your prepared episode and will receive a small piece of feedback to support you to then re-teach.
4. Your Stage 1 interview will be assessed against our REAch Teach trainee criteria and successful applicants will be invited to Stage 2, held face to face. 

STAGE 2 INTERVIEW (around 3-4 weeks after application)

This stage is held in school so you can have an opportunity to meet our pupils, experience the school environment and ask any final questions:

1. The Stage 2 interview is designed to allow us to see you interact with pupils and for you to experience the school environment. This will take place in a local partner school.
2. You will have a short activity (maximum 20 minutes) reading a story to a group of around 6 pupils. The purpose of this activity is to see how you engage with, and respond, to your small group of children. 
3. You will also complete a maths-based and written task (these are a formative activity and not assessed as part of the interview process).
4. The REAch Teach trainee criteria are reviewed and, if met, the interview panel agree the type of offer to be made and placement school.
5. At this stage, you will be asked to bring with you hard copies of your photographic ID, GCSE and degree qualifications.
6. In line with changes in statutory safer recruitment guidance in September 2022, we will carry out an online search  to identify any publicly available information that may indicate an issue or concern that needs to be followed up during interview. We will require you to share with us as part of your application the account names, usernames and/or handles for any social media platform that you use, as well as the names of any websites that you own, post on, or contribute to, for example:

Facebook:                                         TikTok:

Twitter:                                               Reddit:

Intagram:                                           Pinterest:

LinkedIn:                                           Other (please list):

URLs for websites that you own, post on or contribute to:

A Google search will also be conducted. These checks will  be conducted at Stage 2 of the interview process. Please see our safer recruitment and selection policy for further information.