Co-op Academies Trust has been chosen by the Department for Education to run paid Teaching Internships in STEM and Languages across it’s Greater Manchester academies.

Postgraduate teacher recruitment in 2022-23 was 29% below the Government’s target. This was mainly driven by low recruitment for secondary teachers, where only 59% of trainees needed were recruited. 

As part of a renewed drive to encourage graduates to go into teaching, the Government is revamping their approach. 

Teaching Internships were first introduced a number of years ago, but all providers had to reapply for accreditation this year. The subject focus was also widened to include Chemistry and Foreign Languages. 

Co-op Academies Trust was accredited as a new provider in 2022, joining legacy providers across the region. The trust has 38 Teaching Internships across its 6 Greater Manchester Secondary Schools, in Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computing and MFL

With Teaching Internships, graduates get the opportunity to experience a range of activities to help them get a feel for school life.

The experience provides undergraduates interested in teaching a unique paid teaching experience to help them decide if teaching is the right career choice for them.  

Internships last for 3 weeks and start from Monday 19th June- Friday 7th July 2023.

Internships taking place at:
Co-op Academy Manchester
Co-op Academy North Manchester
Co-op Academy Failsworth
Co-op Academy Belle Vue
Co-op Academy Swinton
Co-op Academy Walkden

Interns are paid £300 per-week whilst they gain new skills and insights into the teaching profession.

Co-op Academies Trust Teacher Training provision was set up to address the shortfall in teacher recruitment as well as retain more practitioners into the profession.

Teaching internships play an important role in preparing future teachers for a fulfilling and successful career in teaching. 

Find out more about our paid Teaching Internships

Co-op Academies Trust works in partnership with University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Salford, Bright Futures SCITT and Associated Merseyside Partnership SCITT.

“At Co-op Academies Trust we are looking to develop outstanding teachers who will deliver the best possible education for all of our pupils and students. The Teaching Internship Programme allows us to introduce potential teachers to the profession whilst they are studying and then support them with their continued ‘Get into Teaching’ journey onto our School Direct ITT Programme.

“Over the 3 weeks, our interns will receive opportunities to immerse themselves within the profession, give them an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a teacher, provide them with the opportunity to work with and teach students, develop their subject and pedagogical knowledge and guide them on applying for initial teacher training.”- Andy Gibson, Head of Initial Teacher Training, Co-op Academies Trust

The deadline to apply is Friday 10th March 2023.

If you’re thinking of applying, get in touch- https://forms.gle/1LgkvFv2XM8TqaK4A

Thanks to our wonderful partners at Manchester United Foundation absolutely every student in the academy has received an amazing ‘Official Membership Gift Tin’ this morning!

Our Hub Officer, Adele Howarth, distributed the gifts this morning to all our students and they were wowed with the Manchester United branded contents. Each tin contained: gloves, a pen, a wireless charger, an enamel pin badge!

What a fabulous way to congratulate our students for whole term of hard work and effort. Thank you Manchester United Foundation and Adele…Merry Christmas!

During December a group of our Year 9s began the first steps of their involvement in the Reach Project, the careers programme from Co-op Academies Trust.

They visited their local employer business partner, Link Contracting in Wigan to learn all about the business. They took part in lots of work related tasks and enjoyed sessions to develop their employability skills.

Thank you so much to the staff at Link Contracting. Our students had a brilliant time and found the visit very valuable.

Reach is a unique Trust led career program that brings local businesses and academies together to address social mobility, develop key employability skills and prepare students for the world of work. It’s specially designed for Year 9 students, who are at a crucial time in planning their future.

Find out more about the programme: https://www.coopacademies.co.uk/stories/reach-our-locally-focussed-careers-programme/

Last week some of our Year 7 boys attended the Cliff Football Ground to participate in a Football Festival hosted by Manchester United Foundation. The boys participated in a ‘shooting’ and ‘free kick’ competition as well as three matches against other schools. The boys had an absolutely fantastic morning and performed amazingly. We are thrilled to announce that at the end of the day the boys returned home as CHAMPIONS of the festival!

Matin Etehadpoor scored the most ‘top bins’ of the day bagging four in a short space of time for the team…well done boys! Mason Sharp, Marcus Moyo, Matin Etehadpoor, Shea Byrne, Bradley Taylor-Parkin, Zayon Salmon and Sabastian Gill.

Just when we thought our sports success this term couldn’t get any better our Year 7 and 8 Panathlon students have ‘bowled us over’ with their performance at the Salford XTEND Multi Skills Event hosted at at Irlam and Cadishead High School.

The Salford wide event involved indoor sports activities including bowling, cricket, football, basketball, curling, darts and throwing activities. Our students excelled across all the activities and their amazing efforts saw them beat the other eight participating Salford High Schools to be crowned ‘Panathlon Champions 2022’!

Our student Panathlon Team on the day and pictured above were; Bradley Taylor Parkin, Colby Avison, Thomas Woodcock, Amelia Carruth, Georgia Mai Bertram, Holly Cummings and Neveah Aldridge.

What an amazing performance everyone…well done!

Last week a group of our Year 8 Students who are members of Manchester United Foundation Hub Officer, Adele Howarth’s ‘Social Action Lesson’ took a morning trip down to Clifton Primary School to make Christmas cards with some of their Year 5 pupils.

The girls had to come up with the activity to help benefit the community and wanted the younger pupils have the opportunity to make Christmas cards and then later in the month deliver them to elderly people in a local care home.