National Primary Teacher Education Council
NaPTEC is a major body in the United Kingdom representing Higher Education tutors, mentors, teachers and others in schools engaged in teaching, research and educational development related to the primary age range, encompassing the Foundation Stage, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two.
NaPTEC is committed to enhancing the understanding and practice of partnership between schools
and higher education institutions in the preparation of intending primary teachers.
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Primary Perspectives
The NaPTEC Newsletters are available to read on our Publications Page.
NaPTEC has no membership fees, but regards all who attend its events as members.
Our income from events enables us to be self-financing, welcoming participants who are new to initial teacher education as well as those who have served the profession for many years.
Children from Hollymount School (Worcestershire Education Award winner – Best Primary School 2016-17) presenting at the spring seminar explaining how they have been involved in school improvement and review.
Our roots may have been in the Midlands and the North East, but over the years NaPTEC has attracted an increasingly diverse membership from across the United Kingdom, NaPTEC's Committee members are also drawn from Higher Education Institutions and School Centred trainers from different parts of the country and their meetings have provided forums for discussion about topical issues as well as being the major vehicle for organising key events, the most important being:
Spring Seminars, currently in association with UCET in March
The Annual Conference in September
Suzanne Allies, Lecturer at University of Worcester presenting at the 2018 spring seminar
Our events are designed to both provide a platform for policy makers and influential thinkers
and give opportunities for tutors to share some of the initiatives taken in their respective institutions.
It is the Committee which has taken responsibility for responding to key policy documents over the
years, and engaging in dialogue with policy-makers.
Details of our forthcoming events can be found on the Upcoming Events page.