SOUTH Farnham School has been named as one of the top 10 teacher trainer providers in the country by the Good Teacher Training Guide 2015.

The accolade ranks the Farnham academy among a number of prestigious providers including Cambridge University - the only university to be ranked above South Farnham.

The Good Teacher Training Guide is written by the Centre for Education and Employment Research, at the University of Buckingham.

It ranked 174 providers by a score derived from a range of factors, including looking at the degree classification of those training, initial teacher education Ofsted grades, the ratings of the newly qualified teachers and the percentage in employment six months after competing training.

South Farnham’s teaching school - known formally as Surrey South Farnham School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) - was ranked seventh nationally and third for School Direct provision.

Sir Andrew Carter, CEO of the South Farnham Educational Trust, said: “The strong relationship with our alliance of schools enables our ITT provision to be of the very highest quality. Not only do trainees become outstanding teachers, they flourish and develop into outstanding school leaders.”

Surrey South Farnham SCITT is Surrey’s largest school-led provider of teacher training and works with more than 120 schools in the county and beyond.

All trainees completed their training at a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ level last year and their feedback consistently rates the programme as being outstanding. South Farnham trainees are highly sought after and the school delivers 100 per cent employment every year.

Claire Donnachie, director of the South Farnham teaching school added: “It’s a tribute to our continual pursuit of excellence and the dedication of our staff, trainees and placement schools that we are leading the way in training the outstanding primary teachers of the future.”

More than a hundred successful applicants are ready to begin their training in September and only a handful of places remain. For more information and to apply visit the website www.south-farnham.sur

rey.sch.uk.