SE2 resources
Primary PGCE
1 | Mentoring skills and the role
Understanding the role of the mentor
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Mentor role and responsibilities |
Styles of Mentoring |
Top tips for week 1 |
Weekly feedback and target setting
(quality observations, deconstructing practice and providing effective feedback)
| Weekly feedback form | Observation, feedback and target setting | Trainee Portfolio |
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SE2 Mentor Feedback Form(appendix C) |
Feedback & Target Setting Bookmark | Trainee Portfolio expectations |
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SE2 Mentor Feedback Form - EXAMPLE(appendix D) |
Giving quality written feedback | Trainee Portfolio |
Interim and final review points
(assessing trainee progress)
| Professional Development Formative Framework (appendix A) |
Example interim review PDFF highlighting |
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| End of SE2 mentor report (available June 2025) |
EXAMPLE - End of SE2 mentor report (available June 2025) |
Pastoral and wellbeing support
| Concerns | Trainee wellbeing | Websites |
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Sharing information about trainees and safeguarding Concerns about a trainee |
Supporting trainee wellbeing |
Student Support Counselling Services |
2 | Supporting trainee progress across our curriculum
Our ITT curriculum and the Core Content Framework (CCF)
| Our Primary PGCE Curriculum |
ITT Core Content Framework |
How we assess our trainees |
Strand A (BM): Setting high expectations and behaviour for learning
Strand B (PP): Pedagogy and Planning
| How children learn | Planning support | Lesson planning examples |
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| SE2 Weekly planning EXAMPLE - Maths | ||
| Trainee planning online feedback tool (for mentors) |
SE2 Weekly planning EXAMPLE - Other subjects |
Strand C (SCK): Subject Knowledge - Planning and Teaching Effective Lessons
Strand D (A): Assessment
| Supporting trainees to develop their assessment |
SE2 Weekly assessment tracking EXAMPLE - Maths SE2 Unit assessment tracking EXAMPLE - Art |
Strand E (PB): Professional Behaviours
| High expectations | Support | Difficult conversations |
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Teachers' Standards Bookmark |
Supporting a struggling trainee |
Managing a difficult conversation |
| Deploying teaching assistants effectively |
Trainee Support Plan |
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Challenging a high attaining trainee |
Cause for concern flowchart |
3 | Our school partners
The University of Manchester offers a range of resources for teachers, ranging from conferences, to resources developed by researchers from the institution.
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Primary Partnership agreement |
Teacher events and resources |
Primary PGCE newsletters
| Newsletter | Autumn 2024 |
Newsletter | Spring 2025 |
4 | SE2 courses
Your professional tutor/LPP lead will signpost you to the course below prior to the start of SE2.
