Teaching Internships Summer 2027

Applications for summer 2027 internships will open in December 2026

If you are studying for a degree* or a master’s degree and are passionate about your subject, we would like to show you what it’s like to be a teacher in a secondary school.

A teaching internship will provide you with invaluable school and classroom experience and access to skilled teaching staff and subject mentors.

The internship will run for three weeks towards the end of the summer term (dates tbc). You are expected to attend the full three weeks and will be paid in the region of £455 per week.

*From 2026, the programme is no longer be available to first year undergraduate students.

Internship Subjects

You will be interested in teaching one of the following subjects and be studying a related degree:

  • Chemistry
  • Computing
  • Languages (French and Spanish)
  • Maths
  • Physics

Why take part?

  • get paid while learning what a career in teaching involves

  • spend time shadowing teaching staff and observing lessons

  • receive tailored support from an experienced mentor

  • gain valuable work experience and leave the internship with a reference from a professional organisation

  • find out what teacher training options would be available when you graduate and meet current student teachers and early career teachers

This internship programme is coordinated by the New River Teaching Alliance (NRTA).  We also deliver outstanding university accredited postgraduate teacher training courses in a partnership of schools – with a view to trainees potentially working in our schools once they qualify.

 

Please note that this internship programme is part funded by DfE and they will need to collect and analyse data relating to this programme