Become a qualified teacher in your SEND setting

Gain qualified teacher status (QTS) without leaving your school and pupils with our personalised online and in-school Straight to Teaching course.

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As a member of staff working within a special education setting, you know how important routine, structure and support are to your pupils. With Straight to Teaching your journey to QTS doesn't need to disrupt your class.

Straight to Teaching is a flexible, personalised in-school and online preparation route to QTS. It allows you to continue working as a TA, HLTA or unqualified teacher in the school you know and love.

The focus for your teaching will be the cognitive age of the students you teach and the curriculum taught, not the actual age of your students.

Once you’re ready, we'll support you through your final QTS assessment via our Assessment Only route.

Personalised programme

Your programme will last from 1-5 terms based on your needs, current and prior teaching experience.
Pathway tutor supported

You’ll be assigned a Tes Institute pathway tutor who will support you throughout your journey to ensure you’re meeting the Teachers' Standards.
Flexible second school placement

Gain your 30 days’ experience in a mainstream setting (if needed) in a way that works for you with a minimum requirement of one day a week.

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Subject specific and pedagogy content from SEND specialists

Straight to Teaching provides learners with specialist support via the SEND learning sessions available on our award-winning online platform, Tes Learn.
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Individual learning needs

Our online sessions focus on individual learning needs and come with supporting case studies, scenarios and presentations to help you build an inclusive culture within your classroom.

Watch our graduates and deputy headteacher share their experiences

Hear from two of our Straight to Teaching graduates and a deputy headteacher as they share their experience of Straight to Teaching in an SEND setting.
Helen Horner, Straight to Teaching graduate

‘After working as an HLTA and covering lessons I decided that I wanted to gain QTS to become a teacher. It was important to find a course that allowed me to learn and continue earning at the same time and Straight to Teaching was the best fit for me.'

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Cymone Storer, Straight to Teaching graduate

'Straight to Teaching has allowed me to become a qualified teacher, working in a job surrounded by staff and students that I have a great relationship with. It has allowed me to continue to have a love for teaching, and to share my experiences with other staff.’

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Lauren Allcock, Straight to Teaching graduate

'I would like to advise anyone contemplating the Straight to Teaching route to stop hesitating and do it! If you feel you can offer something to change even one child’s life through education, nurture and care, then this is the route for you.'

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