Introducing Chorus
Penrose Education (the organisation behind Mosaic), has been working in collaboration with partners from across the ITE sector to plan, pilot and test the introduction of a brand new service: Chorus.
At its core, Chorus is piloting large-scale research of trainee and student teacher experiences, to find out what it is like to train to teach in England in 2026. Through large-scale, weekly surveys we hope to surface important information about the wonderful cohort of new teachers that are coming into the profession this year. Who are they? What are their hopes and aspirations? How can we all be best working together to support them into the profession.
The 2026 Spring Term Pilot is now underway.
We’re gathering weekly insights from trainee and student teachers across the country — building a live, national picture of experiences, identities, and aspirations. As findings begin to emerge, we’ll publish them on this website.
Even though the pilot has begun, we are able to accept rolling registrations. If you work at a SCITT or university and would like to find out more, or invite your trainee/student teachers to take part, you aren’t too late.
About Chorus
What it is not
Chorus is not intended to be evaluative of either individual providers, or the sector as a whole. We’ve been working closely with the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) and the National Association of School Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) – as well as representatives from Universities and SCITTs – to make sure that while the data we generate from this research will hopefully be interesting, exciting and valuable for all of us, it is going to be collected sensitively. We are using surveys that could not be misused to judge the sector, and we will never publish provider level data.
What is in it for trainees/student teachers?
We are encouraging trainees/student teachers to enter the survey by running regular prize draws for those taking part throughout the project. But we are also sharing anonymised, aggregated results of the surveys with participants – which they might also find interesting. Hopefully, the questions we are asking are the kind that they are curious to see the results from! If you are a trainee or student teacher and would like to take part, put your course leads in touch with us by sharing this website with them!
What is in it for ITE providers?
Taking part is completely free for ITE providers (and for trainees/student teachers themselves). The more trainees/student teachers we have taking part, the richer the potential data we will be able to generate. Once a SCITT or University registers interest in taking part, we will contact them directly to share more information about Chorus and to coordinate with them about how best to share registration details with their trainees/student teachers. We will also offer to share regular updates of our results with those interested in being kept up-to-date in the project as it progresses. To sign up to take part, you can use the link below.
Ready to get involved or would like more detail first?
For those who would like to support this project, or for those who would like more information before making a decision about whether to take part, click on the link below. We have included options for saying “maybe” and finding out more about this project first within the link below too.
