Gaining Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Anyone who wants to teach in a state-maintained school in England or Wales needs to gain qualified teacher status (QTS). To achieve this award, you need to complete a period of Initial Teacher Training (ITT), which will enable you to meet the professional standards for QTS; a formal set of skills and qualities required to be an effective teacher. There are two main ways of gaining QTS. The first is through attending training programmes based at approved institutions (usually universities or colleges) that can be taken at either undergraduate or postgraduate level. The second is to gain a teaching qualification while working in a school through employment-based routes.
Institution-based Routes
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Undergraduate / Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) / BA or BSc with QTS |
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Postgraduate / Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) |
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School-centred initial teacher training |
Employment-based Routes
If you have gained a teaching qualification in your country of origin you are allowed to work in school as an unqualified teacher for four years. However you will need to gain QTS during this time to enable you to continue teaching after the four years is completed. There are three employment-based routes into teaching:
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Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) |
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Registered Teacher Programme (RTP) |
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Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (OTTP) |
For more information on the four year rule click here link
Skills tests and Induction
To achieve QTS you will also need to pass skills tests in numeracy, literacy and communications technology and complete one year period. For more information click here Skill Test
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