The Cambridge Area Teaching Schools Alliance (CATSA), which comprises Comberton Village College, Histon and Impington Junior School, Parkside Federation Academies, Saffron Walden County High School and Swavesey Village College, is working with the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge; the teaching is firmly based in the laboratory and the development of practical and ICT skills are given a high priority; how pupils learn physics and develop an understanding of physics in its wider context both within and outside school are high priorities of the course; at least 1 of the professional placements takes place in CATSA schools and students receive targeted support from staff in these schools; trainees are required to be members of a Cambridge college; application to the programme must be made direct to the school rather than via the GTTR.

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