Growing Talent, Pursuing excellence, Together
TELA learning alliance supports career-long learning and development, from teacher training through to system leadership.
TELA are an alliance of primary and secondary schools across Leicestershire working together for mutual improvement.We currently have over 40 schools across 6 MATs who are dedicated to improving outcomes for all young people. Browse through our website for an understanding of what we do or contact us to arrange a visit
Teacher Training
Achieve with TELA is a primary and secondary teacher training provider. We can offer courses across the subject ranges as well as support with school experience
Professional Development
TELA offers a range of continual professional development opportunities for secondary and primary colleagues in both leadership and pedagogy strands, including NPQs.
National Professional Qualifications
Our own nationally accredited TELA NPQs run until Spring 2022 and we are continuing to deliver these programmes and assessment support until this date for those already registered with us - contact npq@thomasestley.org.uk with any queries. We cannot accept any new delegates onto our TELA NPQ programmes.
The established TELA NPQ delivery team are now the official NPQ delivery team of the Leicester & Leicestershire Teaching School Hub who have chosen Teach First for the delivery of the new and reformed NPQs starting in September 2021. We are looking forward to delivering these exciting new qualifications. https://www.leltsh-tmet.uk/cpd-and-training/
We are also a strategic partner of the Leicestershire and Rutland Teaching School Hub who are offering NPQs with Ambition Institute. https://www.lrtshub.org.uk/page/?title=National+Professional+Qualifications+%28NPQ%29&pid=11
School to school support
TELA offers school to school support in a variety of ways, which can be accessed by schools inside and outside the alliance. School to school support ranges from focus visits/lesson observation involvement, through leadership support and specific project work, to full NLE deployment action plans targeted at moving to a higher OFSTED category. We also have a comprehensive peer review programme which can be tailored to your schools needs.