Our Vision

“Our vision is to train human-first teachers in the latest research informed teaching theory and practice, providing the local community with passionate and confident teachers who enhance the life chances of our children.”

Meet the Team

Dr Kelly Richens

BASCITT Centre Director

Kelly is passionate about teacher development and loves training our trainees within partnership schools, passing on her knowledge for teacher development, whatever a teacher’s stage of career.

In addition, Kelly is also:

  • An End Point Assessor for the ITT Apprenticeship Route.
  • An ITT External Moderator for three other SCITTs.
  • Subject Consultant for Secondary Biology for National Association of School Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT), writing resources that will be offered nationally.
  • Programme Director has written mentoring modules for NASBTT’s mentor training offer fitting new 2024-25 Quality Requirements.

 

Claire Daniel

BASCITT Centre Operational Lead

Claire has worked within adult education for over 20 years and the last 10 years in Initial Teacher Training.

Why Train With Us?