University of Birmingham Link

Handsworth Grammar School will be embarking upon a new and exciting development next academic year, working in partnership with the University of Birmingham to provide placement opportunities for PGDipED(QTS) students at the University.

This means that trainee teachers will work alongside experienced mentors at HGS, receiving support and guidance while learning how to be successful teachers.

The school has long had links with local universities but this link re-establishes a relationship which has been dormant for a number of years. It gives young trainee teachers the opportunity to learn in the exciting atmosphere of a Birmingham Grammar School, and also provides our staff with ideal opportunities to work alongside trainee teachers thus providing professional development for all.

Initially, trainees will be working in four departments – Maths, Science, Geography and Religious Studies, but the intention is that this number will increase over the next few years.

Last year, seventeen of our students left HGS to study at the University of Birmingham, and we have close links with the University in a number of subject areas.

We look forward to this exciting partnership developing in the future and we are very proud of our relationship and links with the University of Birmingham .