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Train to Teach

Are you passionate about your subject? Do you believe you could make a difference in the classroom?

Why Train to Teach With Us?

Teaching is an incredibly rewarding profession that allows individuals to make a positive contribution to young people’s lives. Train to teach at The Borromeo Training Hub.

At The Borromeo Training Hub, we are passionate about inspiring young adults to learn in an environment that fosters progress and challenges them to invest in their academic and personal futures. Our aim is to provide teacher training in sixth form colleges across London, as a regional hub for Xavier Teach SouthEast.

The Borromeo Training Hub facilitates General Professional Studies and subject-specific training weekly, at one of our partner sixth form colleges.

We provide a unique sixth form experience to inspire the next generation and help to equip young people with the appropriate skills, qualifications and attributes to positively contribute to society. Trainee teachers will have secondary school experience on an ‘away placement’ throughout the year.

For those wishing to train to teach, Teach South East are our Initial Teacher Training (ITT) provider. They have recently been rated as “Outstanding” by Ofsted. Through our partnership with a range of sixth form colleges across London, we offer a high quality, bespoke School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme.

All course pathways lead to the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

What We Offer

Salaried and Apprenticeship opportunities available across four sixth form colleges in the London region, partner sixth form colleges for home placements include:

  • St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College
  • Christ The King Sixth Form College
  • St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College
  • St Dominic’s Sixth Form College

Subjects 

  • Business studies
  • Economics
  • Maths
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Health and Social Care
  • IT and Computer Science

Benefits of the Borromeo Training Hub

Our partnership of colleges and schools are all dedicated to developing outstanding teachers of tomorrow. We are guided by a commitment to doing what is right for the students in our partnership schools and what is right for our trainees. We pride ourselves on being a caring provider. It is this care that impacts everything we do – we nurture our trainees to discover their teaching potential.

High-quality training enables all trainees to develop into confident and competent professionals. Trainees are well prepared through first-rate placements which ensure that they gain substantial practical experience, developing their evaluative and practical teaching skills effectively. This is within a home school placement, four days a week, with the fifth day spent receiving General Professional Studies and subject-specific training.

In-school expert mentors and external subject trainers have consistently high expectations and work collaboratively to ensure training is coherent and highly relevant to the needs of trainees.

With the vast majority of our trainees going on to be employed and progressing their careers within our partnership of training colleges, there really is no better place to embark on your journey than with the Borromeo Training Hub.

You will have the opportunity to train in one of our highly innovative partner colleges who put students and their learning at the heart of everything they do.

Contact Us To Apply

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If you are thinking of getting into teaching, and training with The Borromeo Training Hub and Teach SouthEast could be for you, please contact Tom Spindler at t.spindler@sfx.ac.uk

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Courses

Students can take any combination of 30 A level and Level 3 Applied Diploma subjects. Vocational programmes include 11 Level 3 Extended Diplomas, including BTEC, CTEC and University of the Arts courses, and 4 T Levels. We also offer BTEC Level 2 and Foundation options, along with GCSE Maths and English language retakes.

Students

At Saint Francis Xavier, we develop the whole person. Our commitment goes beyond academic achievement; we equip students with the confidence, values, and skills needed to thrive in higher education, employment, and adult life. With an extensive range of courses, our students receive expert teaching in our modern, state-of-the-art facilities.

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Parents & Carers

Personal Tutors will work with both you and your student to overcome any obstacles and achieve their potential. We build a positive ethos around learning and behaviour, support students with discussion and advice, invite you to progress review evenings, provide each student with an Individual Learning Plan (ILP), and send you full reports.

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Upcoming Events

Open Day

Saturday, October 18 · 10am – 2pm

Explore your options and secure your offer from Saint Francis Xavier Sixth Form College for September 2026.

Book your place to visit London’s top performing sixth form college with a 98% pass rate in A levels, BTECs, UAL Diplomas and T Levels.

Hire Our Spaces

Hold your next event with us in one of our many available spaces. Choose from: a multi-use games area, sports hall, dining hall and garden, multi-purpose hall, dance/drama studio, fitness suite, meeting/conference rooms, computer suite, chapel and music studio. Kitchen and catering facilities and free parking are also available.

Nursery

‘Happy staff make happy children’

Nightingale’s Nursery is set in the beautiful, secure grounds of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Sixth Form College where children can play outside and help tend the vegetable patch. The nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework and provides a holistic learning environment, paying special attention to the transition from home to nursery, reassuring parents of their child’s wellbeing and progress on a daily basis.

Nightingale’s friendly team builds positive relationships with all the children and parents.

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What Our
Students Say

The support I received from passionate teachers who pushed me to aim higher, to the tailored guidance with university applications made all the difference. SFX believed in my potential even when I doubted myself, and that encouragement gave me the confidence to pursue my ambitions. Without that foundation, I don’t think I’d be on the path to a legal career today.

Joshua, former Sociology student

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