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Course Requirements

The UK Department for Education specifies the minimum qualifications and other statutory requirements that all entrants to Initial Teacher Training (ITT) need to possess.   

St Charles

Qualifications needed

  • An undergraduate degree, or equivalent.
  • GCSE Grade 4 (C) or above in English, mathematics and (for Primary) science, or equivalent qualification.
  • We’ll consider candidates with pending GCSEs.
  • We’ll consider candidates who need to take a GCSE equivalency test in English, mathematics or science.
  • We offer equivalency tests once applicants have a conditional offer. Each test does incur a cost. Contact us to find out if an existing equivalency test would be accepted.

Health and Physical Capacity

You will have the health and physical capacity to teach without constituting a risk to the health, safety or well-being of pupils (assessed through an Occupational Health questionnaire). This includes:

  • the ability to communicate effectively with pupils, colleagues and individuals holding parental responsibility
  • possession of sound judgement and insight;
  • the ability to remain vigilant and attentive at all times while supervising, assisting and supporting pupils and/or working in hazardous situations;
  • the ability to respond to pupils’ needs in a timely and effective manner;
  • the ability to manage classes/groups of pupils;
  • planning and preparing lessons and learning sequences for pupils;
  • delivering lessons and learning sequences;
  • assessing pupils’ development, progress and attainment;
  • reporting on pupils’ development progress and attainment.

Suitability

  • You will be subject to appropriate pre-selection or pre-employment checks. These will include, but are not limited to, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) criminal records check and a children’s barred list. These checks will include a criminal record check for overseas (where relevant) and a check that there is o prohibition order to teach in the UK or European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Fee-paying trainees will be expected to undertake a pre-training health questionnaire according to the normal practice of the provider. Salaried trainees and apprentices will be expected to undertake a pre-employment health questionnaire according to the normal practice of the employer
  • Where disabilities exist, you will be able to meet the role description, person specification and functional capacity with reasonable adjustment(s).

Non-UK applicants

We are not able to sponsor visas for non-UK applicants.  You should contact the DFE Get into Teaching team who will be able to direct you to providers that can help you.