Diamond Teaching School Alliance

Partner Code: DMND-TSA     Cambridgeshire     https://diamondtsa.com/

Diamond Teaching School Alliance is based in Cambridgeshire. We are committed to working collaboratively to provide high quality school to school support, deliver continuous professional and leadership development, and support initial teacher training in order to influence and improve the educational outcomes for all children.

We offer a wide range of high-quality courses and programmes for teachers and teaching assistants at all stages in their career. These courses cover up-to-date initiatives in education which will further develop colleagues’ practice. All courses are facilitated by experienced, current classroom practitioners and senior leaders. We also partner with Best Practice Network to deliver HLTA Preparation and Assessment, NPQML and NPQSL.

• ‘English Lead conferences show-case the best ideas and promote networking, which has been really helpful in linking with other schools. These ideas are disseminated at staff meetings and help form the basis for school improvement.’ (English subject lead)
• ‘Friendly, supportive and knowledgeable trainers’ (SLE Core training)

 Our School to School support draws on the expertise and outstanding practice of middle and senior leaders in our schools, including Specialist and National Leaders of Education. We deliver high quality support in all areas including leadership and subject area development, improving the quality of teaching and learning, and using data and tracking to raise standards. The Diamond Teaching School Alliance plans and delivers bespoke, targeted packages of support for schools in the primary sector reflecting the needs of individual schools and staff

• ‘The leads of Literacy and Numeracy have felt the support has helped them to progress as leaders.’ Head teacher
• ‘I think that the fact that the people delivering it are still working full or part time in class is a big bonus. Ideas/suggestions are tried and tested which has often made them very simple to implement.’ Maths Lead

Diamond Teaching School Alliance offers Initial Teacher Training through the School Direct training route. This route provides trainees with a balance of training and work experience which includes ‘on the job’ school experience, formal training, coaching & mentoring, and academic study. Our experienced school-based mentors work closely with trainees to develop their teaching skills and support them to put their new skills into practice. We also partner with the Faculty of Education in Cambridge, providing placements for PGCE trainees.