Prince’s Teaching Institute Mark awarded to Frome College’s English and Science DepartmentsPrince’s Teaching Institute Mark awarded to Frome College’s English and Science Departments

Frome College is pleased to receive The Prince’s Teaching Institute Mark for 2014/15.

The Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI) launched the Schools Programme in 2007 to recognise and reward school departments that develop inspirational ideas and activities which enhance teaching, regardless of their pupils’ backgrounds or abilities.

It is run as a membership group for school departments that choose to commit to increasing the challenge of their subject provision.

The College’s English and Science departments received the Mark in recognition of the work done by those departments in 2014/15 in response to membership of their Schools’ Programme.

The PTI’s Schools’ Programme is open to all state secondary schools in England. To become members, school departments must demonstrate their commitment to increasing teachers’ subject knowledge, and to furthering their students’ understanding of and enthusiasm for the subject, regardless of their background or ability.

To achieve the PTI Mark, departments then have to demonstrate that they have increased the challenge within their subject curriculum; developed their staff’s own specialist subject knowledge; developed subject-based links outside school; and enthused their students through subject-based activities beyond the curriculum.

After three years of Schools’ Programme membership, departments may choose to become Associate Departments by devising an advanced multi-year programme in one of these areas. As Associate Departments they will share their growing expertise with others in the Schools’ Programme to the benefit of all.

Mr Ball, principal of Frome College said, “We are delighted to have been awarded the PTI Mark for our English and Science departments’ innovative work, and will be proud to carry the Mark on our stationery and website as evidence of our commitment to inspirational teaching.”

For the complete list of Schools Programme members, see
www.princes-ti.org.uk/what-we-do/schools-programme/member-projects/

Enquiries about The Prince’s Teaching Institute should be directed to Charlotte Cornwell on: 020 7932 1599 (charlottec@blj.co.uk )