Learn about the qualifications required to become a teacher from a teaching assistant, as well as the various routes into teaching specific to TAs.

Learn about the various qualifications needed to become a secondary school teacher and the different routes into teaching with Tes.

Do you have talented TAs, HTLAs, unqualified teachers or other support staff that you know could become great teachers? Our Straight to Teaching course is a unique professional development programme that supports suitable school staff to gain QTS while they continue to work at your school.

As recruitment for trainee teachers becomes increasingly challenging, it’s ever more important that – as a teacher training provider – you use every opportunity to promote yourself and your training courses.

In line with efforts to enhance training and professional development for teaching staff, the UK government have announced that the school-centred initial teacher training (ITT) route, School Direct, has been renamed and is now called Initial Teacher Training (ITT).

If you want to become a special needs teacher at a SEN or SEND school, you’re probably already aware of how rewarding an experience it can be. There are challenges, of course, but the teaching experiences can be some of the most memorable and gratifying.