Degree requirement
All entrants must hold a degree awarded by a United Kingdom higher education institution or equivalent qualification and at least 50% of your degree must be relative to the subject you want to teach for secondary entrants.
You must have a first (bachelor’s) degree with honours class 2.2 or above from a UK university, or an equivalent qualification. An honours degree comprises 360 HE credit points of which at least 90 must be at level 6 of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
Please note that regulations require you to have a qualification worth 360 points or more, a points total aggregated from a number of standalone modules is not acceptable. The Higher Education Credit Framework gives further details of the level descriptors for academic study.
The National Recognition Information Centre for the United Kingdom (UK NARIC) can provide advice on the equivalence of overseas qualifications. UK NARIC can be contacted at:
UK NARIC
Oriel House
Oriel Road
Cheltenham
GL50 1XP
Tel: 0870 990 4088
fax: 0870 990 1560
School Experience Programme (SEP)
Skills Tests
You must pass the DfE professional skills tests in literacy and numeracy prior to entry to the course. You can have 3 attempts at each test – the first is free but there is a charge for the next two attempts.
After you have sent your applications to UCAS and you have received your Welcome letter, you need to book dates to take the skills tests on the Department for Education’s website at www.education.gov.uk/teachskillstests
You will need to take your Welcome letter to the test centre as evidence that you have already applied for teacher training.
Training providers may use skills tests’ result to make a decision on your application, so you should aim to pass these tests as soon as possible after you have submitted your application to give yourself the best chance of obtaining a place.
For more information about the professional skills tests, visit www.education.gov.uk/teachskillstests
Course Codes
SCITT Primary = 2NWV
SCITT Early Years = 2NZ5
School Direct Primary = 2NTY
School Direct Primary (salaried) = 2NWT
School Direct Early Years = 2NZ6
School Direct Early Years (salaried) = 2NZ7
https://www.ucas.com/ucas/teacher-training/apply-and-track
Entry Criteria
GCSE requirement
All entrants must have achieved a minimum of a grade C, or equivalent standard, in English and Mathematics (and Science for primary entrants).
(Qualifications in key and functional skills at level 2 may represent the same level of attainment as GCSE grade C and above in the national qualifications framework (NQF). However, they are not equivalent to GCSEs in terms of content, and applications with key and functional skills certificates but without GCSEs at grade C or above in English and Mathematics are advised to take the equivalency tests below).
For equivalency information visit: www.equivalencytesting.com or www.astarteachers.co.uk
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