Ali, a recent trainee teacher, shares her experience of the Primary Science Enhancement Award scheme for Initial Teacher Education.
Support for Initial Teacher Education
Supporting ITE providers to strengthen primary science provision and develop confident future teachers.
PSTT works with Initial Teacher Education providers to strengthen primary science within teacher training. Support is available through Primary Science Mentors and the Primary Science Enhancement Award, helping to develop science provision and build trainee teachers' confidence, knowledge and practice.
How PSTT can support ITE provision
Work with a Primary Science Mentor
Our Primary Science Mentors provide tailored support for ITE providers and trainee teachers, shaped around the needs of individual programmes and areas of primary science identified for development.
Interested in tailored support for ITE provision?
Contact us to discuss how a Primary Science Mentor could support your ITE programme.
Primary Science Enhancement Award
The Primary Science Enhancement Award (PSEA) is a structured programme that runs across the academic year, supporting ITE providers to enhance trainees’ experience of primary science and develop their knowledge and confidence in teaching the subject.
The scheme is supported by the Association for Science Education, the Primary Science Quality Mark and the Ogden Trust.
Download the one-page PSEA for ITE providers overview for more information about the award and how it works.
Interested in offering the PSEA in 2026/27?
Contact us to find out how the PSEA can be offered to your trainee teachers.
