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Our Post Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship QTS Only route leads to the award of Qualified Teacher Status and the Level 6 Post Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship qualification by the end of the programme.

Key Features:

  • Award of Qualified Teacher Status
  • Level 6 Post Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship qualification
  • Two placements in our partnership schools
  • One day a week training at our training centre
  • Training focuses on Professional Studies, the general pedagogy of teaching and learning or Subject Knowledge for Teaching Studies, the subject and curriculum knowledge with the subject pedagogy
  • Training includes four Intensive Training and Practice experiences that focus on specific, foundational, or pivotal areas of our PLS curriculum
  • Four days a week in school placement
  • Teaching up to 80% of a qualified teacher’s timetable from the onset, while 20% of time is off-the-job training
  • Support from a general mentor, lead mentor and subject/phase lead

Fees and Finance:

  • Apprentice trainee teacher will earn an unqualified teacher salary, which varies by school and region.  
  • Employing school covers the training fee for the QTS, so the apprentice trainee teacher does not pay the fee.
  • PGCE is available for apprentice trainee teachers at a fee of £1,950, payable by the apprentice trainee teacher not the employing school.

Entry Requirements

All applicants must meet the following entry requirements:

Degree 

You must hold a bachelor’s degree with honours class 2.2 or above from a UK Higher Education Institution (HEI), or an equivalent qualification. UK ENIC, recognition and evaluation of international qualifications, can provide advice and a statement of comparability on the equivalence of overseas qualifications. For secondary programmes, at least 50% of the degree content must relate to the secondary subject applied for. If an applicant does not hold a degree in the training subject, they must have an A Level or equivalent in that subject. However, applications falling outside these criteria may still be considered on a case-by-case basis.

GCSE

English (Language or Literature), Maths and Science (primary programmes only) or equivalent qualifications at grade C/4 or above. A full list of accepted GCSE equivalent qualifications can be found here. We also accept equivalency tests from A Star Equivalency or BCU Equivalency Tests.