Carmel Teacher Training Partnership

What Carmel Teacher Training Partnership does

Carmel Teacher Training Partnership (CTTP) is a UK Initial Teacher Training provider established in 1999 and based at Carmel College in Darlington, County Durham. Operating under the Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust, CTTP delivers both School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) and School Direct programmes leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), with PGCE academic accreditation provided through its lead partnership with St Mary's University, Twickenham. The provider serves aspiring Primary and Secondary teachers, offering placements across a network of more than 100 partner schools organised into regional clusters spanning the North East of England and North Yorkshire.

CTTP's curriculum embeds the ITT Core Content Framework within an evidence-based educational research syllabus and combines central training sessions with school-based practice. Supporting modules include online Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses in Maths, Physics, Computer Science, French and Spanish (8- and 12-week formats) and DfE-funded paid teaching internships for STEM/MFL undergraduates. CTTP also functions as the Tees Valley Teaching School Hub, delivering the DfE's 'Golden Thread' of teacher development (ITT, Early Career Framework, National Professional Qualifications, and Appropriate Body Services), and is connected to Maths, English, Computing and Science Learning Partnership hubs.

The commercial model is tuition-fee-based at £9,535 per trainee, with revenue supplemented by DfE bursaries of £5,000–£31,000 depending on subject and student tuition/maintenance loans. CTTP was rated Outstanding across all four OFSTED inspection categories in 2018 and reports a 98% employment rate and 95% secure job rate among trainees. The organisation does not raise external capital and operates without disclosed revenue or commercial growth metrics, functioning as a non-commercial education entity within its parent trust.

Name

Carmel Teacher Training Partnership

Legal name

Carmel Teacher Training Partnership

Website

https://carmelteachertraining.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carmel Teacher Training Partnership is a Darlington-based UK SCITT provider delivering school-based Primary and Secondary Initial Teacher Training leading to QTS and PGCE (via St Mary's University), supported by 100+ partner schools across North East England and North Yorkshire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Teacher Training / Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Services

NAICS

Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Teacher Professional Development & In-Service Training Institutes (EDAHAFAM)

Keywords

• Initial teacher training
• School-based teacher training
• PGCE programmes
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Subject knowledge enhancement

Headquarters

HQ city

Darlington

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Teacher Training Programme Fees: Course fee of £9,535 with payment plan options available. Generates revenue from trainee tuition fees, with additional bursary and scholarship support from DfE for eligible candidates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Carmel Teacher Training Partnership delivers school-based Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programmes leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a PGCE qualification. Training is delivered through a network of 100+ partner schools across the North East of England and North Yorkshire, combining central training sessions with hands-on classroom experience. The partnership operates as a lead partner of St Mary's University, Twickenham, offering both SCITT and School Direct routes at primary and secondary levels.

Product overview

Carmel Teacher Training Partnership (CTTP) operates as a unified teacher training platform offering School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) and School Direct programmes as its core products. These programmes are designed to be school-based and are complemented by the PGCE qualification awarded through partnership with St Mary's University, Twickenham. Supporting modules include Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses for candidates needing to strengthen their subject knowledge, DfE Paid Teaching Internships for prospective trainees exploring teaching, and School Experience Placements for pre-application exposure. All programmes provide pathways from Initial Teacher Training (ITT) through to Early Career Teacher (ECT) support, with associated funding and bursary services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training) Programme

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% employment rate for trainees in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• St Mary's University, TwickenhamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead partner providing PGCE accreditation and curriculum. CTTP works in partnership with St Mary's University who provide the curriculum and accredit the PGCE element of the programme. Established in 1850 with strong reputation for teaching excellence, St Mary's rated top 10 for student experience (Good University Guide, 2024).
• Carmel CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead school in Darlington, part of Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust, serving as headquarters and main training centre for CTTP.
• Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-academy trust managing schools across Darlington, County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees and Hartlepool. Home to CTTP and St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School designated as Teaching School Hub.
• St John's Catholic SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner school in Bishop Auckland providing school placement opportunities for trainee teachers.
• Aspire North East Multi Academy TrustsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti Academy Trust in Sunderland providing school placement and training opportunities.
• Advance Learning PartnershipsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerLearning partnership with schools across County Durham and Darlington providing training placement opportunities.
• The English Martyrs Catholic SchoolsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner school in Hartlepool offering placement opportunities for trainee teachers.
• Our Lady and St Bede Catholic AcademysecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner school in Stockton-on-Tees providing teacher training placements.
• St Michael's Catholic AcademysecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner school in Billingham offering training placements and designated as English Hub lead school.
• Gateshead Schools DirectsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary partner school group in Gateshead providing training placement opportunities.
• Swaledale AlliancesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance of schools across North Yorkshire providing training placement opportunities.
• Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Learning TrustsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiocesan trust with schools across County Durham, Teesside, Sunderland, Northumberland, and Newcastle providing training placements.
• Tees Valley Teaching School HubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesignated Teaching School Hub by DfE delivering 'The Golden Thread' of teacher development including ITT training, Early Career Framework, National Professional Qualifications, and Appropriate Body Services.
• Archimedes NE Maths HubsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative network of schools and teachers designing, facilitating, and evaluating programmes to support teachers in mathematics professional development.
• St. Michael's English HubsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of only 32 schools appointed by DfE to take a leading role in supporting schools to improve teaching of early language, reading and phonics.
• Science Learning PartnershipsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerDurham and Tees Valley SLP combining local expertise in teaching and learning in science, facilitating CPD and providing school-to-school support.
• NCCE Computing Hub (Tees Valley and Richmondshire)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of National Centre for Computing Education collaboration between STEM Learning, BCS and Raspberry Pi, providing local computing CPD based at Carmel College, Darlington.
• EEF Research School Network / Newcastle Research SchoolsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with EEF Research School Network with strong ties to Newcastle Research School for evidence-based teaching practice.
• National Leaders of Education (NLEs)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with outstanding executive leaders in schools who, together with staff in Designated National Support Schools, support schools in challenging circumstances.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Pathfinder Teaching Alliance: Midlands-based teaching school alliance providing SCITT and School Direct ITT. Comparable as a school-led ITT partnership with PGCE accreditation but operates in a different region.
• Sheffield SCITT: School Centred Initial Teacher Training partnership in South Yorkshire offering primary and secondary ITT with PGCE accreditation. Closest structural analogue — a regional SCITT with a partner-school cluster model — though serving a different geography.
• Forest School Teaching Alliance: Essex-based teaching school alliance offering SCITT and School Direct routes to QTS with PGCE. Comparable as a regional school-led ITT partnership but serves a different catchment area.

Broad incumbents

• Newcastle University (PGCE): Major research university in the North East offering PGCE programmes for primary and secondary teaching. Comparable as a regional ITT competitor with overlapping target applicant pool in North East England.
• Durham University (PGCE): Major university offering PGCE and School Direct programmes across primary and secondary subjects. Comparable as a competing teacher training route in the same North East geography, though delivered through a university-led model rather than school-based SCITT.

Direct peers

• Harris Initial Teacher Training: School-led ITT programme from the Harris Federation multi-academy trust, offering salaried and non-salaried routes. Comparable as a trust-affiliated school-based ITT provider with PGCE accreditation, though operating predominantly in London and the South East.
• Ark Teacher Training: School-led Initial Teacher Training programme run by Ark, offering salaried and unsalaried routes to QTS. Direct competitor offering a similar school-based SCITT-style model with PGCE accreditation, though focused on Ark academies.

Others

• St Mary's University, Twickenham (PGCE): Lead university partner providing PGCE accreditation to CTTP. While technically a partner rather than competitor, St Mary's also runs its own PGCE and School Direct programmes — relevant as both an upstream accreditor and a parallel ITT provider.

Emerging players

• National Institute of Teaching (NIoT): Newly established teacher training and education research institute offering employment-based and fee-based ITT routes. Comparable as an emerging school-led ITT provider competing for the same trainee and school-partner market.
• Teach First: Alternative-route Initial Teacher Training provider placing graduates in low-income schools across England. Comparable as a non-university ITT route competing for the same trainee pool, though operating at national scale and focused on leadership development.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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