The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust (DLPT) is a Lead Partner for Initial Teacher Education with both the University of Bedfordshire and CTSN SCITT, and is the choice for you if you wish to train with a provider that prides itself on treating every trainee as an individual, tailoring the training experience to meet individual requirements and providing a strong support network.

We want to train the most ambitious, enthusiastic and committed graduates who aspire to make a difference to the life chances and education of children and have a rewarding and challenging career. They will embrace all of the opportunities we offer at the beginning of their journey to becoming outstanding teachers.

Diamond Education & Professional Learning (DEPL) manages initial teacher training through the Diamond Learning Partnership Trust (DLPT), which is made up of schools in the St Neots, Fenland and Royston areas. Our placement schools comprise a mixture of large and smaller town schools as well as small village schools. All of our schools are conveniently located which means that trainees engage with more than one school in the partnership.

We offer:

PGCE Primary and PGCE Primary Early Years courses.

QTS only Primary and QTS only Primary Early Years courses.

See our video on the ‘Our training programme’ tab to hear what trainees and mentors say about their experiences.