Our Teaching School Hub

Swindon & Wiltshire Teaching School Hub is a designated centre of excellence committed to providing high quality training and development to all teachers and leaders across the region, uniting with schools in the pursuit of excellence; empowering and supporting staff at every stage of their career.

We are building a network of partners so that all teachers will be able to access the very best training and support whatever stage of their career they are at – from ITT right through to the new suite of leadership NPQs, through to the golden thread of teacher and leader development. We deliver the Early Careers Framework, National Professional Qualifications as well as other evidence informed CPD alongside access to the well-established networks and curriculum hubs across our region.

Our story

Nominated as the Teaching School Hub for Swindon and Wiltshire, Glenmoor Academy has extensive experience in providing professional development opportunities to teachers and leaders at all stages of their careers. Having been awarded Teaching School Hub status out of area, we are extremely passionate about the opportunities to extend our skill set and experiences to work with teachers and leaders further afield.

Our motivation to be a Teaching School Hub is born out a desire for teachers and leaders to have equity of access to excellent development opportunities. We know that this is not the case for all teachers and leaders, and we wish to use what we have learnt about raising standards in an area of deprivation, combined with existing expertise and successful delivery models, to ensure equity of provision.

Total number of Schools engaged	423
ECTs currently enrolled on our Ambition ECF programme	355
NPQ Participants since 2023	317
NPQ pass rate	97%
ECTs enrolled with United AB	1220

Meet the team

Mel Marshall

Director

Mel Marshall is Director of the Swindon and Wiltshire Teaching School Hub and works at Glenmoor and Winton Academy.

Over the past few years Mel has worked as a Geography Advisor for United Learning supporting and working with a wide range of schools.

Throughout her career she has been involved in teacher training as a mentor and delivering sessions for trainees and has previously been a Head of Faculty.