Train to teach in England

Our tuition-fee route is for postgraduate students. You will be hosted on placement in two schools during your course.

Employed routes are open to you if you are already employed by a school, for example as a teaching assistant or unqualified teacher (UQT). Your school will employ you as an UQT while you are on course. For QTS courses, you will complete a short second placement in a contrasting setting.

The Teacher Degree Apprenticeship and Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship offer alternative employed routes. They are free as schools use the government’s apprenticeship levy to pay course fees. You will be employed by a school as an unqualified teacher while you complete the course. If you are interested in these routes, you will need the support of your school. Find out more on our course pages: Teacher Degree Apprenticeship: Primary Education and Teacher Degree Apprenticeship: Secondary Education.

You can now combine studying for your degree while you complete full-time teacher training in school. We offer self-funded and apprenticeship routes and qualifications for teaching assistants. If you are already working in school, you may be able to qualify through the Teacher Degree Apprenticeship: Primary Education or Secondary Education. Read more about our undergraduate routes.

If you want to teach in the independent sector, you may not require QTS. Consider our PGCE for Independent Schools.

Postgraduate courses are available for primary 5-11 years, or one of the following secondary subjects: Art and Design, Biology, Computing, Chemistry, Dance, Design and Technology, Drama, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Modern Foreign Languages, Physical Education, Physics and Religious Studies.

For the 14-19 age range, Business Studies, Classics, Economics, Media Studies, Psychology, and Sociology are also available.

Undergraduate courses are available for primary 3-7 or 5-11 years and secondary 11-16 in English, maths, PE and MFL: Spanish.

All postgraduate routes can be taken full-time or part-time. Full-time trainees are in school 5 days per week for one academic year. Part-time students are in school 2.5 days per week for two academic years.

Undergraduate routes are only available full-time.

The assessment-only route to qualified teacher status allows teachers to demonstrate that they already meet all the QTS standards, without the need for any further training.

Our Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship and PGCE with QTS Employed routes can be taken with a PGCE SEND in most special schools and settings, including those within mainstream schools.