Work towards becoming an outstanding teacher whilst working in the most rewarding sector of our profession.
About Us
Who are we?
Teaching schools are part of the Government’s drive to give schools more freedom and take increasing responsibility for managing the schools system.
Swanwick School and Sports College is the lead school for Matrix Teaching School Alliance, with 15 schools forming part of our alliance. All schools in our alliance are in either in the Special or Primary sector and are graded ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’.
We believe
We are stronger together and by working in partnership we can identify and co-ordinate expertise from our alliance, using the best leaders and teachers
To play a greater role in developing existing and new entrants to the profession
Lead peer-to-peer professional and leadership development
Identify and develop leadership potential
Provide support for other schools
Designate and deploy specialist leaders of education (SLEs)
Conduct research and development work
Our Aim
To develop a self improving school led system that works collaboratively to provide our alliance of schools with the opportunities for staff and pupils to achieve their potential.
Alliance Members
DFE designated Matrix as a national Teaching School Alliance in 2016, with Swanwick School and Sports College being the lead school. Matrix TSA is an Alliance of 15 member schools from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire.
All schools within the Alliance specialise and cater for different types and level of pupil need. Within these schools, pupils ages can range are from KS1 – KS5.
School Direct
We are currently accepting applications for our Non Salaried School Direct courses commencing September 2021. We also offer apprenticeship routes into teaching, providing them at the request of our alliance schools.
If you are interested in the apprentice route and require further information about potential vacancies, please get in touch.
At Matrix TSA we will endeavour to provide an outstanding academic and ‘hands-on’ school based experience in a variety of secondary, special and primary schools, offering a bespoke training package. We also aim to offer employment at the end of the training period for successful candidates where suitable vacancies arise, or assist with gainful employment within our alliance of schools. Upon successful completion of our school direct programme, students will have the ability and capacity to work in either the secondary, special or primary sector.
Special and Primary Training
We will provide:
An outstanding academic (The University of Derby) and ‘hands-on’ school-based experience in a special school setting
A bespoke training package based on Derby University’s outstanding teacher training programme
The supported and guidance of an experienced personal mentor
Learn to be a successful, confident and effective teacher
Train in a range of special schools across Derbyshire and Staffordshire, accessing a variety of specialisms
A stimulating learning experience in a variety of schools
The opportunity to study for Masters credits with Derby University (School Direct only)
Secondary Training (SCITT Route)
We will provide:
Four days in school from the beginning of September. During time in school you will be guided by an experienced mentor.
One day per week you will join other teacher trainees to be trained on aspects such as how to walk and talk like a teacher, plan lessons effectively, behaviour management and how to really stretch and challenge students.
Secondary trainees will spend September to December in the ‘Home School’. From December to Easter you will have the opportunity to experience life in a contrasting secondary school. From Easter to the end of the programme you will return to your initial school.
For the PGCE route this is delivered through the University of Hull. You will spend approximately 3 days over the year with your tutors from the University of Hull. Usually based at Notre Dame in Sheffield / virtually.
At Matrix TSA we believe that every member of the school community is on a professional continuum, from NQT’s through to Leaders and Headteachers.
We believe that it is therefore important that we nurture and develop talent at each stage of this process, providing CPD that will enable staff to improve their practice and progress to the next stage of their career.
We work with colleagues from within our alliance and the private sector to provide a programme of CPD that is inspiring, engaging, relevant and current through expert delivery and support.
All of our CPD events are designed with the goal of enabling you to become more effective in your current role whilst assisting you in taking a successful next step in your career.
Please follow the link below for our upcoming professional development events that are taking place in 2018/19.
