About Us
The London Diocesan Board for Schools (LDBS), Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT).
The LDBS SCITT was developed in 1998/9 by a consortium of Church of England primary schools. These schools wanted to contribute to teacher training and support the training and recruitment of teachers for London schools. Although the consortium schools have changed over the years, we currently operate in more than forty London primary schools.
The LDBS SCITT is a one-year PGCE course, validated by the University of Roehampton. We operate from the Mitford Centre in north London. We accept up to 25 students for training in the Early Years, Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1) and 25 General Primary).
Successful completion of the course leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a Professional Graduate Certificate.
There are additional options to:
- Submit an assignment at Master’s Level, which awards 20 M Level credits. (Teachers can carry these forward towards the completion of their Master’s degree).
- Specialise in Mathematics
- Specialise in Science
We aim to recruit high quality graduates and to train them to become successful, confident, effective teachers, well equipped to teach in a range of urban primary schools. We are privileged to work in culturally rich and diverse communities and we aim to recruit trainees who represent this diversity.
