Routes into teaching

  1. School Led:
    • School Led Teacher training programmes allow you to learn on the job as you work towards your Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) recommendation. This non-salaried route is run by a school, or group of schools, and we work closely with a Warwick University that certifies successful trainees. You’ll be based in your chosen school where you will get classroom experience as well as spending time at Warwick University, working with a group of other students and being taught by university staff as you train towards your Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) recommendation.
  2. University-led teacher training. We have links with Warwick University, Leicester University, Coventry University and Birmingham City University.
    • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) training programmes at a university or college are available for prospective primary and secondary school teachers. You’ll get classroom experience by spending time teaching and being trained in at least two schools, as well as time at the university or college you’ve chosen, working with a group of other students, and being taught by university staff as you train towards your Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) recommendation.
  3. SCITT training. We have links with the Coventry SCITT.
    • The SCITT programmes allow you to learn on the job as you work towards your Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) recommendation. SCITT programmes are popular with students who are hoping to gain a position in their placement school following their training. Although the training is based in a school, you will not be an employee of the school. Trainees will be liable for tuition fees however funding is available through student loans, bursaries, or scholarships if eligible.
  4. Teach First.
    • Teach First is a social enterprise registered as a charity which aims to address educational disadvantage. Teach First coordinates an employment-based teaching training programme whereby participants achieve Qualified teacher Status through the participation in a two-year training programme that involves the completion of a PGDE along with wider leadership skills training and an optional master’s degree. Trainees are placed at participating primary and secondary schools where they commit to stay for the duration of the 2-year training programme. Eligible schools are those where more than half of the pupils come from the poorest 30% of families according to the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index. Following completion of the two-year programme, participants become Teach First ambassadors. This network of ambassadors aims to address educational disadvantage either in school or in other sectors.
  5. We have a link for this route with Coventry University.
    • Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship programmes are a nationally-recognised, work-based route into teaching. It is an alternative to a traditional full-time university course, offering a postgraduate-level qualification, no tuition fees, and the opportunity to earn while you learn. Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeships are available for prospective primary and secondary school teachers in England. You’ll be employed by a school while you learn on the job. In some cases, this may be a school you’re already working at, or have an existing relationship with. You’ll receive a combination of classroom teaching and off-the-job training as you to work towards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).