Routes into Teaching
Undergraduate Route
To enter undergraduate study, you will generally need to have at least two A-Levels or equivalent. If you are looking to combine your degree – usually a Bed, BA or BSc with QTS, a number of choices are available to you:
Full time study: combine your subject and professional studies with school based training of at least 24 weeks for three year courses and 32 weeks for four year courses.
Part time study: ITT providers offer five year part-time courses. You will need to check availability with the provider you are hoping to train with. For a list of ITT providers: go to www.canteach.gov.uk
Postgraduate Route
It usually takes a year to complete a postgraduate ITT programme and to achieve QTS although you may be able to extend or shorten the length of your training to suit your particular needs and circumstances. Generally, you’ll spend at least 18 weeks of the year in school if you are pursuing primary school teaching, or 24 weeks for secondary. In either case, you’ll be trained by school-based and higher education tutors.
Flexible Postgraduate Route
Some ITT providers in England now offer flexible training programmes designed to meet your individual needs and circumstances and take into account your previous experience. For example, you may need to fit your training around a full time job over a number of years. Equally, you may have trained abroad or taught in higher education or an independent school and could skip the earlier stages of training and move straight to the final assessment phase of the programme. There are also opportunities for trainee teachers to switch from full-time to part-time study, or vice versa, to accommodate lifestyle changes.
School Based Route
The Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP)
The (GTP) offers you a way to qualify as a teacher while you work. It is a one-year programme of postgraduate training. With Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), you can work in any maintained school in England. The programme suits people who want to change to a teaching career but need to continue earning while they train. The training is tailored to suit your individual needs.
Many schools within Leicester City are taking part in the GTP scheme, however places are very competitive since they offer a salary of approximately £13,000, for graduates to achieve QTS. Successful applicants teach in schools alongside a mentor, as well as attending lectures at a University.
The co-ordinators for Primary and Secondary GTP schemes within Leicester City are as follows:
School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT)
The SCITT offers full-time school-based training through which you acquire skills and knowledge in a classroom environment. The training is run by the schools, sometimes with input from higher education institutions and Local Education Authorities (LEAs). In these programmes, your main base and tutors will be in a school, although on most SCITT programmes you’ll also have tutors from the school’s partner higher education institution.
To enter undergraduate study, you will generally need to have at least two A-Levels or equivalent. If you are looking to combine your degree – usually a Bed, BA or BSc with QTS, a number of choices are available to you:
Full time study: combine your subject and professional studies with school based training of at least 24 weeks for three year courses and 32 weeks for four year courses.
Part time study: ITT providers offer five year part-time courses. You will need to check availability with the provider you are hoping to train with. For a list of ITT providers: go to www.canteach.gov.uk
Postgraduate Route
It usually takes a year to complete a postgraduate ITT programme and to achieve QTS although you may be able to extend or shorten the length of your training to suit your particular needs and circumstances. Generally, you’ll spend at least 18 weeks of the year in school if you are pursuing primary school teaching, or 24 weeks for secondary. In either case, you’ll be trained by school-based and higher education tutors.
Flexible Postgraduate Route
Some ITT providers in England now offer flexible training programmes designed to meet your individual needs and circumstances and take into account your previous experience. For example, you may need to fit your training around a full time job over a number of years. Equally, you may have trained abroad or taught in higher education or an independent school and could skip the earlier stages of training and move straight to the final assessment phase of the programme. There are also opportunities for trainee teachers to switch from full-time to part-time study, or vice versa, to accommodate lifestyle changes.
School Based Route
The Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP)
The (GTP) offers you a way to qualify as a teacher while you work. It is a one-year programme of postgraduate training. With Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), you can work in any maintained school in England. The programme suits people who want to change to a teaching career but need to continue earning while they train. The training is tailored to suit your individual needs.
Many schools within Leicester City are taking part in the GTP scheme, however places are very competitive since they offer a salary of approximately £13,000, for graduates to achieve QTS. Successful applicants teach in schools alongside a mentor, as well as attending lectures at a University.
The co-ordinators for Primary and Secondary GTP schemes within Leicester City are as follows:
| Primary Awaiting update... | Secondary Glenda Berriman Crown Hills Community College Gwendolen Road Leicester LE5 5FT Tel: 0116 2736893 |
School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT)
The SCITT offers full-time school-based training through which you acquire skills and knowledge in a classroom environment. The training is run by the schools, sometimes with input from higher education institutions and Local Education Authorities (LEAs). In these programmes, your main base and tutors will be in a school, although on most SCITT programmes you’ll also have tutors from the school’s partner higher education institution.