Teach Portsmouth
Events and Webinars

Discover what's on this year…

Teach Portsmouth organises events and webinars to help you start something new in education.

Whether that's training to become a teacher or rewarding school staff, we're here to support the recruitment and retention of educational professionals in schools. Take a look at our events calendar and discover what's on this year.

Events Calendar

Take a look at our upcoming events calendar below to learn more about what we offer and how you can get involved.

Wednesday 26 February 2025

Jobs and Opportunities Fair 2025

10am - 2pm

Portsmouth Guildhall (First floor)

The city's largest recruitment fair for jobs and opportunities in education returns to Portsmouth Guildhall. This event invites teacher training providers, schools, colleges, multi-academy trusts, employment specialists and council services to showcase opportunities to educate children and young people in Portsmouth.

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Wednesday 1 May 2025

Support and Teaching Assistant Jobs Fair 2025

10am - 2pm

Portsmouth Central Library (Third floor)

Supporting pupils is a rewarding experience for the right person. You could be educating children as a teaching assistant or providing administrative support to parents/carers, there a many opportunities to choose from. The event welcomes schools and colleges to showcase their vacancies alongside adult education providers with training options.

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Thursday 12 June 2025

Teach Portsmouth Awards 2025

6pm - 9:30pm

Portsmouth Guildhall

Portsmouth's dedicated education awards return to Portsmouth Guildhall to celebrate school and college staff in 12 award categories.  Follow our journey towards the big day as more information about the event including how you can nominate someone in the people's choice award category.

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Event features

Meet exhibitors

Discover your future career

Schools, colleges, training providers and employment specialists will be on hand to support you into work.

Whether you need help to gain a C/4 in maths and English or to find your perfect job in education, exhibitors will happily talk to you about their opportunities.

Exhibitors may also be promoting taster sessions which you can sign up to on the day. These are often held shortly after the event.

Watch short presentations

Become an expert

Each event includes information sessions that help you make sense of the education landscape in Portsmouth.

Sessions include presentations from local partners including training providers and employment specialists.

Teaching assistants, head teachers and other professionals will often share their experiences with the opportunity to ask questions afterwards.

Sign up to taster sessions

Build confidence before you apply

Taster sessions are a great way to build confidence before you apply for a job with a specific employer.

These sessions are between 1 hour and 1.5 hours and will often include a tour of the school, a chance to meet staff and learn about vacancies. If there is a specific school you would like to work for, we would recommend signing up to a taster session.

There will be no direct work with pupils during these sessions.

Discover the jobs board

Find vacancies and training in one place

The jobs board is the best place to find exhibitor vacancies, training and apprenticeships in one place.

Most adverts include a QR code to find out more information about the opportunity. You will also find information about taster sessions on the board.

We would recommend taking a photo of the application to view the opportunity later once the event has ended.

Become a sponsor

  • Want to reach school staff and senior decision makers in education?
  • Want to help us recruit the professionals of the future?

Thanks to local organisations, sponsorship has helped us organise and promote events to local and regional audiences.

This year, there are three different opportunities to make what we do possible. As a thank you for sponsoring us, you will receive a series of rewards which will help promote your products and services.

For more information on what opportunities are available, visit the sponsorship page today.

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Top questions

What is Teach Portsmouth?

We are a Portsmouth City Council service and part of the Portsmouth Education Partnership. This means that our priority is to recruit and retain the best professionals for the city's schools and academies. One way we do this is through organising events and webinars.

Our events will always be free - ensuring everyone can access the information they need. Whether that's finding a job, training or advice, our events are designed for people at all stages of their career.

Why do you have online ticketing?

Most events will require a ticket. This allows us to monitor capacity across different venues. While all our events for the year ahead are now available to view online, ticketing will open nearer the time. We would encourage you to sign up to our monthly newsletter to be the first to hear about when online registration opens.

What are taster sessions?

Taster sessions are opportunities for event attendees to experience a school environment before applying for a specific job. You will get a tour of the school, meet staff and learn more about their vacancies and opportunities. Taster sessions are around 1 hour to 1.5 hours long.

You sign up to taster sessions at events. These are not promoted separately and are only reserved for event attendees.

What information will I learn?

All events are designed to help support your knowledge from the very beginning. There will often be a presentation or information session held during an event. Timings for these sessions can be found on each event page, when they become available.

Can I attend the Teach Portsmouth Awards?

The Teach Portsmouth Awards has a venue capacity of only 300 people. The event is closed to members of the public and only available for school and college staff to attend. Those who are shortlisted are prioritised with all schools receiving two tickets to use as they wish.

Can I nominate someone in the Teach Portsmouth Awards?

There are 12 award categories in total with 11 reserved for senior school staff to nominate their colleagues. The people's choice award category is open to people who live in Portsmouth, nominating any member of school or college staff. Nominations for the people's choice award will open in November 2024.