With over 10 years of experience in the teacher training industry, Pioneers Partnership SCITT benefits from trusting and supportive relationships with all Headteachers and stakeholders within the Partnership. There is a clear commitment from all partners to ensuring trainees realise their potential and are prepared to teach in any school context. Because of this, employment rates on completion of the course are consistently high.

About us
Pioneers Partnership is a SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training), provider offering a range of training routes into teaching, at Primary and Secondary level in the Greater Manchester area.
With over 10 years in the teacher training industry, Pioneers Partnership SCITT benefits from trusting and supportive relationships with Headteachers and stakeholders in all our partner settings. The wider partnership extends to the vast majority of primary and secondary schools and colleges within the Greater Manchester area and has expanded further due to becoming part of Great Academies Education Trust which is a Multi Academy Trust.
THE PIONEERS PARTNERSHIP TEAM
- Sarah Swindin, Director of SCITT
- Gary Miller, SCITT Advisor for Great Academies Education Trust
- Sophie Iqbal, SCITT Administrator
- Lesley Ogden, ECT Transition Coordinator
- Paula Jameson, Lead Mentor for Secondary
- Victoria Rayment, Lead Mentor for Primary
SCHOOLS CAN ONLY BE AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THEM.
At Pioneers Partnership SCITT, we aim to provide the very best in Initial Teacher Training.
We are committed to ensuring that all students have access to outstanding teaching and learning opportunities.
Therefore, as a partnership, we will:
-Recruit trainees with the potential, resilience and drive to become great teachers
-Provide high-quality training by experts designed to meet the individual needs of our trainees and the context they work in
-Prepare our trainees with the skills they need to be great teachers in a variety of contexts
-Collaboratively lead and manage the SCITT so that the needs of each trainee and school are
met.
Our vision is straightforward:
“In Pursuit of Excellence” for our partners, our trainee teachers, and the communities they serve.
We believe that every child deserves a world class education, and our commitment to ensuring this motivates and drives everything that we do.
We ensure that those who begin their careers with us develop to become reflective, inquisitive, and confident practitioners and leaders of the future.
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