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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 complete.

We gathered weekly insights from trainee and student teachers across the country over the Spring Term in 2026 — building a national picture of experiences, identities, and aspirations. We are now conducting the analysis of these results, which will then be published to this website.

Even though the pilot has finished, we are still interested in hearing from you. If you work at a SCITT or university and would like to find out more please click on the link below.

About Chorus

Chorus is a research-driven initiative that brings together insights from those at the heart of teacher education. By taking part, trainee/student teachers are helping to shape the future of teacher education and ensure that their perspectives are heard where it matters most. Our aim is simple — to deepen our collective understanding of the people entering the profession today. This research‑driven approach will help inform policy, enrich practice, and spotlight voices that often go unheard.

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 encouraged trainees/student teachers to enter the survey by running regular prize draws for those taking part throughout the project. But we also shared anonymised, aggregated results of the surveys with participants. Hopefully, the questions we are asking are the kind that they are curious to see the results from!

What is in it for ITE providers?

Taking part was completely free for ITE providers (and for trainees/student teachers themselves). We were delighted to have a wide range of trainees/student teachers taking part, contributing to a rich data set. Once the final data analysis is complete we will be contacting all the SCITTs and universities who took part to share the findings with them.

Proudly working in collaboration with NASBTT and UCET on this project.

Would you like to know more?

For those who would like to support this project, or for those who would like more information about the research, click on the link below.