Application Form – Returning Teacher

Returners can be described as those people who have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent who are not currently employed in a permanent or fixed term teaching post in the English state-funded sector. This could include:

• People who are working in another sector but have had a teaching post in the past (it does not matter how long ago they left teaching)

• People who may have had a career break to bring up children or take on caring responsibilities (this does not include those just returning from an official period of maternity leave)

• People who gained QTS but deferred their entry for one year or more

• People who are currently supply teaching

Applicant Personal Information

Please provide the following information about yourself:

Title
Forenameand Surname
Date of Birth
NI Number
NCTL Returner Registration Number
Teacher Reference Number
What phase/age range did you qualify to teach?
Placement School URN
Name ofPlacement School (if you know this)
Current job
Email address
Telephone number –Placement School
Telephone number – Personal / (preferably mobile)
Special requirements / dietary requirements
Degree title & level awarded
Degree award date AND awarding body
A-Levels awarded & grades
Subjects taught
(main & additional)
How long were you teaching that/those subject(s) for?
Age groups taught
Date of last teaching post
Any other information you think we might need- for example if currently supply teaching please give us details of what, to whom, where and how often over the last month.

Participant Declaration

I give a commitment :
To complete the 5 day pre-programme placement (if currently supply teaching this may count)
To be involved in the teaching of some maths/physics classes to facilitate the application of new learning
To observe strong maths/physics practitioners to facilitate the application of new learning
That I will attend all face to face sessions, complete all on-line activities and tasks set
I would like to book a place on the mathematics / physics (please delete) programme
Signed …………………………………………….. Date………………………….
Print Name…………………………………………

Placement Headteacher Declaration

The participant I am recommending has the potential to be a good teacher of maths/physics and my school is prepared to support them on their ‘return to teaching’ journey
I confirm that I will enable the participant to be involved in the teaching of some whole class maths/physics classes to facilitate the application of new learning and to observe strong maths/physics practitioners to facilitate the application of new learning
The school will provide a maths/physics mentor who will support them in-school during the programme
The school will release the applicant to attend all face to face days
Signed …………………………………………….. Date………………………….
Print Name…………………………………………

Privacy notice:

How will we use your information?

The training you are applying for is part-funded by the Department for Education (DfE). DfE intends to evaluate the course and the potential benefits to those who participate in it as well as the wider education sector. To enable them to do this, we will provide the minimum information necessary to them to carry out their evaluation.

DfE (or a contracted organisation working on its behalf) may also:

 Contact you to ask about your experiences of the training. Please note that, if contacted, you will be under no obligation to take part. If you do, you will not be identified in any results of the evaluation and you can ask not to participate, or change your mind, at any time.

 Link information you provide in your application form with other information about you which DfE already holds or to which it is lawfully permitted access. This is to identify (for example) what kinds of qualifications participants to this training go on to achieve, and how long they stay in teaching, without having to contact you repeatedly to ask you to update your information.

Security and confidentiality

DfE’s use of the information we share with them (or its contracted partner) will have no influence on the outcome of your application or your participation in the training and DfE’s findings will not identify you or any other applicants/participants.

Any personal data shared with DfE will be handled securely and only accessed for the purposes of the evaluation of the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) package. Once it is no longer needed for this purpose, information we have shared with DfE will be securely destroyed.

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