Training to teach
Train to teach and progress in your career with the Mulberry Schools Trust
We are a flourishing collaboration of East London schools providing the highest quality of education for all. We want to attract and support enthusiastic and committed graduates into the profession and we have a strong track record of enabling beginning teachers to grow quickly into highly effective practitioners that thrive in inclusive inner-city schools.
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Who can apply?
Like the communities we serve, we are proudly diverse, inclusive and welcoming and keen for our teaching workforce to reflect our vision and values. Whatever your background or experience, if you want to make a difference to the life chances of young people through inclusive inner-city education in a vibrant school community, then read on to find out more about the opportunities available right now.
Why train with the Mulberry Schools Trust?
There are numerous long-term and career-enhancing benefits of joining our flourishing community of Beginning Teachers:
- teaching placements in our thriving community of schools
- growing and developing your career locally – the East London Teaching School Hub already provides professional development at every career stage for more than 1,500 teachers and leaders in East London
- dedicated mentoring from an established expert teacher
- trailblazing partnerships and extensive enrichment opportunities for everyone who learns or works at our schools
- secure jobs in our schools and rewarding career progression within the Trust
What’s available for me in 2025–2026?
Whether you’re keen to explore roles in secondary schools or primary settings, we can help.
Secondary
Mulberry College of Teaching (MCoT), our accredited ITE provider specialising in secondary English, offers a dedicated secondary initial teacher training route – a full-time, one-year, fee-funded programme for postgraduates, awarding Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).
Salaried routes for secondary
Occasionally, individual secondary schools in the Trust will advertise for salaried initial teacher training routes that are accredited by different ITT providers. This means you will be employed by the school as an unqualified teacher while training to teach. These vacancies are managed by each school.
To find out what is currently available, visit https://www.gov.uk/find-postgraduate-teacher-training-courses and search by the Trust school name or postcode.
Primary phase
East London Teaching School Hub, led by the Mulberry Schools Trust, works with a range of local primary phase initial teacher training providers.
Trust schools also partner with a range of local ITT providers to provide school placements for other secondary subjects.
I am very grateful for my teacher training at Mulberry. Every day comes with new experiences, new memories and further professional development"