Straight to Teaching supports your trusted TAs and unqualified teachers to develop their teaching skills through a personalised qualified teacher status (QTS) preparation plan. Once they've gained the equivalent of two years' teaching experience and can demonstrate that they meet the English Teachers' Standards and Assessment Only criteria, they can be assessed via the Assessment Only (AO) route to gain QTS.
Develop talented teaching staff
Deliver learning tailored to your staff’s needs.
Retain great staff who might otherwise leave your school to train elsewhere.
Increase the number of qualified teachers at your school.
Free up experienced staff to take on extra responsibilities such as SLT.
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Get training tailored to your staff and your school
Our unique programme ranges from one to five terms and can be undertaken in any school setting – state funded, MAT, independent and SEND (including PRU, alternative provision, residential and specialist units).
We'll tailor the programme to your staff’s existing teaching experience and they’ll have the opportunity to develop their skills and career while they continue to work at your school.
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Support staff throughout their programme
Your staff will receive in school and online support from an experienced pathway tutor and a mentor from your school.
Course fees start at £5,000 (incl. VAT) including QTS assessment.
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To join our programme your staff will need:
GCSE English language, maths (and science if teaching primary) or equivalent at Grade C/4 or equivalent – equivalency tests can be sat during the course.
A degree or be in the final six months of completing one.
Access to a teaching timetable of at least 50% of a typical teacher at your school.
The support of a school-based mentor.
By the end of their programme they'll need to be teaching up to 80% of a full timetable.
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Recommend Straight to Teaching to your staff
Complete our nomination form and we'll send them the application link and ask for further information about their teaching experience so we can estimate an appropriate programme length.