My teaching course is amazing, to put it bluntly! The teachers were really welcoming and really helpful. My assigned mentor is an amazing mentor - I couldn’t have asked for anyone better.

My mentor is an English teacher, and my placement at Newcastle College is as the SEND English teacher for second-year students. My mentor has really helped me in terms of establishing rapport with students, lesson planning, and working with students with different disabilities. It has been really great when it comes to my mentor and placement because English is a very difficult subject to teach, so my mentor has made it really accessible and helped me teach it to my students.

My students have recently passed their E2/E3 exams, and they all came to me saying, “I passed! I passed!” It’s the best feeling ever when they pass. It’s this overwhelming pride. The students - everything about them - the way they work in class, their humour, the rapport you have with them. You can have a difficult day going into school, and one student can brighten up your day. It’s an amazing job!

It’s definitely worth going into, but you really need to consider your specialism. I took a year off because I was uncertain what my specialism was going to be - I was stuck between English, Maths and SEND. When I went into the College for Autistic Teenagers and Adults, I realised that SEND was my specialism. So I absolutely recommend going into teaching, but take the time to consider your specialism.