Professional Learning Partnership

Together, the APLP offers three innovative programmes resulting in Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) – the qualification needed to teach in state schools in Wales and England. These include:

• Postgraduate – PGCE Primary (with QTS)
• Postgraduate – PGCE Secondary (with QTS)
• Undergraduate – BA Education (with QTS)

The development of the APLP heralds a new and innovative approach to teacher education, with Yr Athrofa and partner schools jointly responsible for the construction and delivery of all ITE programmes.

As such, the APLP combines the expertise of the school sector and all its practical, hands-on experience with the expertise of the higher education (HE) sector, from the understanding of careful research design and delivery to the highly-skilled art of teaching teachers and would-be teachers.

Professor Dylan Jones, Dean of Yr Athrofa, said: “In order to prepare student-teachers for the coming changes in Wales’ education system, several productive meetings of Yr Athrofa staff and more than 150 schools have been held to develop a shared understanding of the best-performing teacher education programmes both nationally and internationally.

“The net result of such wide co-construction has been the development of a comprehensive core curriculum that spans the suite of our ITE provision with a clear definition of the roles and responsibilities for schools and the university.

“This ensures that APLP is in a strong position to provide ITE programmes which are both rigorously practical and intellectually challenging.”

In June 2018, the APLP became one of just four training providers chosen to offer teacher education in Wales beyond 2019.

The commendation ensures Wales’ oldest teacher training centre – ranked 1^st in Wales in the National Student Survey for the past two years – will continue training new teachers long into the future.

You can find out more about the Education Workforce Council’s rigorous selection process – and the APLP’s successful reaccreditation – here.