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The Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance is a collaboration between many schools, trusts and educational establishments.  We are a DfE funded organisation which supports ECT induction and ap...

Each year, the DfE asks us to seek the views of those involved with our Teaching School Hubs Alliance so we can understand where our strengths are and where we can keep getting better. If you have...

The Five Counties Alliance plays an important role in delivering CPD tailored to school staff in our region. This is an additional offer from the ECT programmes and NPQs offered by the Five Counti...

We’ve begun a successful year for teacher recruitment, with 130 trainees starting their journey into teaching across the five counties region this September through the outstanding Five Counties SC...

We are currently supporting schools to make sure that all of their new ECTs and Mentors are registered with both the Appropriate Body for Induction and Lead Provider for training. Please remember y...

The application window for National Professional Qualifications is now open for courses beginning this November, which will be the only cohort in 2025-2026. Anyone keen to apply for a scholarship-f...

We know that the role of the induction tutor is busy and varied.  We thought it would be useful to map out details a few ‘tasks’ which will/may require your attention in the coming few ...

Supporting reading in secondary schools This term, the DfE are launching new CPD on secondary reading, developed by Professor Jessie Ricketts at Royal Holloway, University of London. The one-hour ...