RGS Guildford courtyard with students

Initial Teacher Training

As a teacher training school, RGS Guildford provides a supportive and enriching environment for aspiring teachers, whether fresh from university or changing career, to gain the skills, experience, and qualifications required to begin a successful teaching career.

At RGS Guildford, there’s more than one way to begin your journey into teaching. Every trainee, whatever their route, benefits from the support of dedicated mentors and expert subject specialists who guide and challenge them to become exceptional teacher.

Many of our trainees follow the SCITT PGCE pathway, spending the full year immersed in school life while training with our partner one day a week.  We work closely with South Farnham SCITT, an Ofsted Outstanding provider of school-based teacher training. For Primary and all Secondary subjects.  Others start by taking responsibility for their own classes from day one, gaining valuable classroom experience before progressing to the assessment-only route to achieve qualified teacher status.

 

RGS was very supportive throughout my NQT year, providing me with the, appropriate guidance, trust and freedom to enable, me to thrive in my first full year of teaching.

Mr Jack Gamble, Teacher of Religion and Philosophy

Discover more about different routes into teaching available