Each of our routes has slightly different eligibility criteria. Please read carefully below for the relevant route you are interested in:
For provider-led SCITT and School Direct routes
- All candidates must have GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and mathematics or an equivalent qualification.
- Primary candidates must also have GCSE grade 4/C or above in science or an equivalent qualification.
- An honours degree, ideally 2:2 or above (in a related subject for secondary applications OR any subject for primary applications). If your degree is not in a related subject you may be required to complete a Subject Knowledge Enhancement course.
- All offers made will be subject to a full DBS check and Health and Capacity to Teach check.
- All candidates must have the right to work or study in the UK. For British nationals a birth certificate or valid UK passport will support this.
- Please note, we do not sponsor student visas for overseas applicants, However, if you are currently an overseas student in the UK and wish to go on to train to teach following completion of your degree, you can apply for a Graduate Visa:
The following is taken from the gov.uk website which can be found here.
If you are already an international student in the UK, you can apply for a graduate visa on successful completion of your degree. To apply, you will need to have been sponsored by a Home Office licensed student sponsor over the course of your studies.
The graduate visa will allow you to study, work, or look for work in the UK for up to 2 years after completing your studies (3 years for PhD students) without a sponsor. This includes training as a teacher on a salaried or fee-paying initial teacher training course […].
You will be able to switch from a graduate visa to another visa (such as the skilled worker visa) without having to leave the UK, if you meet the requirements for the other visa route.
Other useful information for international applicants can be found on the getintoteaching website here.
For Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship routes
- GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and mathematics or functional skills level 2 and a risk assessment to establish English and/or mathematics is of a GCSE grade 4/C or above standard.
- Primary candidates must also haveGCSE grade 4/C or above in science or an equivalent qualification.
- Honours degree.
- Employing school able to access levy funding.
- Employing school willing to support this route.
- Risk assessment to ensure that you are eligible to complete this route.
For Assessment Only route
- GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and mathematics or an equivalent qualification.
- Primary only GCSE grade 4/C or above in science or an equivalent qualification.
- Honours degree.
- Employing school willing to support this route.
- Risk assessment to ensure that you are eligible to complete this route.
- Significant entry checks including DBS enhanced disclosure check.
- Submit a medical disclosure to meet the Secretary of State’s requirements for health and capacity to teach.
- Have taught in at least two schools demonstrating experience of working with children and young people from different backgrounds across the ability range in their chosen age ranges.
- Be able to demonstrate that you have the suitability to teach in terms of appropriate academic capabilities and personal qualities, a positive attitude, and display professional ethics, morality and integrity.
- Typically have already taught for at least two years.