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NQT development: Thriving – not just surviving

With half of his workforce being new to teaching, headteacher Adrian Kidd describes the systems of support and CPD that allow his NQTs to thrive in their first years at the chalkface

Trumpington Community College is a relatively new school on the southern fringe of Cambridge. Three hundred students are currently on roll from years 7 to 10, building to an eventual capacity of 750.

It is a school leading in the highly integrated use of technology to support new approaches to teaching and learning.
September 2018 saw a significant increase in the school’s roll with a four-form intake for year 7. Recruitment leading up to this was required across all subject areas. This was the opportunity to further develop a dynamic and outward-facing team of practitioners able to take the school’s vision to the next level.

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