A Journey to Excellence

Teacher Training

Do you think you want to teach?

Have you experience of, or are interested in, working with children and young people?

Are you keen to make a difference?

Do you want to be a Teacher?

We offer School Direct Teacher Training!

School Direct is a Government initiative, providing school-led teacher training. It places trainee teachers in the classroom from day 1 working alongside experienced teachers to learn the skills of teaching “on the job”. This real teaching experience is supported by training held at both a University and the Learning Alliance or Teaching School.

At Ivanhoe we work in collaboration with 2 training providers: Forest Way Alliance and LiFE MAT.

Forest Way Alliance

Forest Way Alliance have been running successful programmes for over 10 years and have seen fantastic results along the way with their trainees all securing teaching jobs after completion of their PGCE training year. Forest Way work in partnership with 5 local secondary schools and the University of Deby, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University.

Secondary Subjects offered are:

Subjects with the University of Derby route:

Art & Design | Biology | Business Studies | Chemistry | Computing | Design & Technology | Drama
English | Film/Media Studies | Geography | History | Mathematics | Modern Languages | Music
Physical Education | Physics | Psychology | Religious Studies | Social Sciences

Subjects with the University of Leicester route:
Biology | English | Geography | Mathematics | MFL | Physics | Religious Studies

Subjects with Loughborough University route:
Mathematics | Physical Education

To find out more about teacher training with the Forest Way Alliance including entry requirements and application dates please click here.

LiFe MAT & Partners

LiFE MAT and Partners School Direct is a very successful group of schools who have been delivering Initial Teacher Training for many years. Working with highly supportive and professional mentors across key stages 3-5, they offer a range of experiences where you will be able to develop your potential as a teacher. They work in partnership with the University of Leicester, Coventry University and Loughbrough University.

Secondary Subjects offered are:

Coventry University

Art & Design | Computing | Design & Technology | Drama | Music | Religious Studies

University of Leicester

Biology | Chemistry | English | Geography | History | Mathematics | Modern Languages |
Physics | Social Sciences

Loughborough University
Physical Education

To find out more about teacher training with LiFE MAT and Partners including course details and making an application please click here.

You can also find out more about becoming the different ways to become a teacher by visiting the government website: Get Into Teaching.

Year 9 End of Year Arrangements

Year 9 Hoodies Ivanhoe Alumni Hoodies are now available for year 9 students in navy, grey and red and are printed with the names of all year 9 students in the shape of the Ivanhoe Knights head on the back. Hoodies are priced at £20 each. Students can trade in 400 house points to reduce th...

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Year 7 Camp Out Trip

Year 7 Camp Out Trip

In March we took 80 students over to The Oaks Campsite near Loughborough for our Year 7 Campout. It was a long...

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Year 8 Survival Skills Trip

Year 8 Survival Skills Trip

After the past few years, our staff and students were incredibly excited to be heading to the woodlands of the...

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Year 8 Theatre Trip

Year 8 Theatre Trip

On Friday 6th May, the English Department took 45 nominated students to a production of �–Much Ado Abou...

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Developing Our Careers Education

Developing Our Careers Education

As part of the Age-Range Change at Ivanhoe we are working to develop a 5 year plan for careers education that ...

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Year 9 Whitby Trip

Year 9 Whitby Trip

At the end of April, we took 64 year 9 students to North Yorkshire on our Year 9 Whitby Trip. Over the 3 days,...

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Year 8 London Trip

Year 8 London Trip

The sun was shining for our Year 8 London Experience trip earlier this month. 40 students enjoyed a packed...

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Loughborough Lightning Netball Trip

Loughborough Lightning Netball Trip

On 4th April, we took 46 of our netballers to Loughborough University for a fantastic trip. It was jam packed ...

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Mental Health week

Ivanhoe’s first Mental Health Week has been a huge success! We have had lots of activities on offer to promote positive things our students can do to support their mental health and well-being. We know that mental health is important every day, but it has been especially fantastic to spend the wee...

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Plas Gwynant Trip

Wow �" what a fantastic experience we have had this half term, taking our students to Plas Gwynant for the first time since Covid-19. Every single student was an absolute credit to Ivanhoe and we were so proud of them all. They took part in a wide range of adventurous activities; including gorge...

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STEAM SHOW 2022

STEAM SHOW 2022

This March saw the return of the Ivanhoe STEAM Show for it's 5th year. Who could believe that the last show to...

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Ukranian Collection

Ukranian Collection

Thank you so much to all of our families and friends of Ivanhoe that so generously donated to our collection f...

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Sports Hall Fundraiser Launched

Sports Hall Fundraiser Launched

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Manchester City Football Development Trip

We were delighted to re-start our residential trip offers this year - our last Ivanhoe school trip was in early 2020! The PE department took 34 of our committed year 9 boys and year 8/9 girls football players in on a once in a lifetime football development tour to Manchester City FC. During this 3 d...

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Spotlight on Support - YoungMinds

Spotlight on Support - YoungMinds

At Ivanhoe we have an ongoing focus on the Mental Health of our youngsters and this week I would like to bring...

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Spotlight on Support - Kooth

Spotlight on Support - Kooth

Being the parent of teenager is a tricky business and we aim to offer as much help as possible to both parents...

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