Trainee Teachers - Entry Requirements

We want aspirational teachers with enthusiasm and dedication

We are looking for applicants with a genuine passion for teaching and want to go where they'll grow. With a real commitment to working as part of a diverse school community, you'll want to make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people in south-east London and Kent.

You are:    

• resilient and reflective

• highly organised and driven

• adaptable and open to new opportunities

• motivated to further their own development

• able to demonstrate high levels of personal initiative

• secure in their subject knowledge

 You will need: 

If you have an international qualification, please note that you must have it formally recognised by UK ENIC before submitting your application. 

ITT Fee-Funded

• An undergraduate degree from a UK Higher Education institution or equivalent graded 2:2 or above. If you are applying to teach a secondary subject your undergraduate degree should be in a subject closely matched to the subject you will be training to teach, if the degree is not a close match, we require a C grade and above A-Level in the subject in which you will be training to teach and work-related experience.
• GCSE grades C/4 or equivalent in Maths and English (and Science for Primary)

ITT Employment Based

• An undergraduate degree from a UK Higher Education institution or equivalent graded 2:2 or above. If you are applying to teach a secondary subject your undergraduate degree should be in a subject closely matched to the subject you will be training to teach, if the degree is not a close match, we require a C grade and above A-Level in the subject in which you will be training to teach and work-related experience.
• GCSE grades C/4 or equivalent in Maths and English (and Science for Primary)
• Three years’ transferable work history
• Permission to work in the UK

Apprenticeship (PGTA)

• An undergraduate degree from a UK Higher Education institution or equivalent graded 2:2 or above. If you are applying to teach a secondary subject your undergraduate degree should be in a subject closely matched to the subject you will be training to teach, if the degree is not a close match, we require a C grade and above A-Level in the subject in which you will be training to teach and work-related experience.
• GCSE grades C/4 or equivalent in Maths and English (and Science for Primary)
• One - two years transferable work history ( preferably as an LSA or Teaching Assistant)
• Permission to work in the UK