Academic Requirements
- A level three qualification (or be able to demonstrate suitable subject expertise and specialist knowledge) in the subject area you wish to teach.
- GCSE: level 2 equivalent in both English and Maths.
- Good information and communications technology (ICT) skills.
- For a full list of all acceptable qualifications please refer to our
tariff glossary.
Applicants with overseas qualifications can check their compatibility with
Ecctis, who provide an advisory service.
If English is not your first language, you require:
Non-academic Requirements
- An interview is a pre-requisite for entry onto this programme. The first stage interview is conducted by a member of the teaching team. If successful there will be a second interview with a subject specialist tutor from the placement college. This interview is to ascertain your level of subject knowledge in the areas that you might reasonably be expected to deliver whilst on your teaching placement. Find more information about interviews in the
Institute's interview pages.
- You’ll be required to complete a satisfactory enhanced
DBS (formerly CRB) Enhanced Disclosure , register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority and complete a criminal convictions self-declaration form. Find all of the
important documentation you'll need when applying for this programme
- You must be deemed
fit to teach.
All appropriately qualified candidates will be given equal consideration during the selection process. The University does not tolerate discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, colour, disability, religion, nationality, age, sexual orientation or any other irrelevant distinction.
You’ll normally be pre-service and your entry onto the programme will be conditional upon the University identifying a suitable placement and mentor in the subject specialism.