CTSN SCITT (incorporating Essex Primary SCITT)

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Who are we?

Cambridge Training Schools Network, CTSN SCITT (incorporating Essex Primary SCITT) is a collaboration of Teaching School Hubs, MATs and local schools working together to provide the capacity to deliver effective teacher training throughout Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Peterborough to generate its own high-quality teachers for their schools.

CTSN SCITT offers a range of teacher training routes at both Primary and Secondary levels, including salaried, fee-paying, and flexible part-time training routes.

Several training venues are offered, including Northstowe Primary and Howard Community Academy in Cambridgeshire, Newlands Spring Primary & Nursery School in Chelmsford, Bottisham Village College in Bottisham and Sybil Andrews Academy in Bury St Edmunds.

CTSN SCITT (incorporating Essex Primary SCITT) is a Lead Partner with Saffron Teaching School Hub.

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Routes and course options

Further information about different routes and course options can be found by:

• Visiting the CTSN SCITT website
• Attending a CTSN SCITT recruitment event where you can get personalised advice - find out more here

Find out about getting school experience with CTSN SCITT here.

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Graduate Employment-Based Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) 

Information for potential trainees

For more information and an application form, email info@ctsnscitt.org.

Information for settings

The EYITT route enables you to upskill an existing graduate member of staff while they remain employed in your setting. Over one academic year, they will train towards achieving Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS), the only specialist qualification for teaching children from birth to five. Tuition fees are fully funded for this route and a £7,000 employer incentive will be paid directly to your setting.

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Teacher Training information event – 7 May 2026

CTSN SCITT hosts regular events where you can find out how to train to be a teacher. Recognising that people have different availability, we try to host these events on different days of the week and at different times of the day.

Join us online on Thursday 7 May at 6pm for our next primary and secondary teacher training information event – email us at info@ctsnscitt.org for more details and to book a place.

For details of future events visit https://ctsnscitt.org/events/.

If you can’t attend any of our events, please contact us to arrange a one-to-one conversation.

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How do I apply?

All applications for teacher training happen through the Department for Education's Apply for Teacher Training service (DfE Apply).

You can apply for CTSN SCITT courses in two different ways:

• Directly with CTSN SCITT on DfE Apply
• Through Saffron Teaching School Hub on DfE Apply

To apply through Saffron Teaching School Hub

• On the Apply for Teacher Training website, search for Saffron Teaching School Hub as the 'training provider' to view and apply for teacher training courses.
• CTSN SCITT courses are listed as 'QTS ratified by Cambridge Training Schools Network, CTSN SCITT'.

Please note: these courses are delivered by CTSN SCITT, not by Saffron Teaching School Hub.

To find Saffron Teaching School Hub's unique course codes for CTSN SCITT training courses, expand the headings below:

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Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

Saffron Teaching School and CTSN SCITT are committed to equality of opportunity for all and actively oppose all forms of discrimination. We have a responsibility to ensure that trainees have the health and capacity to train to teach and will not put children and young people at risk of harm, whilst meeting the expectations of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the offer of reasonable adjustments. See here for possible reasonable adjustments.