HMC Summer Briefing

Tuesday, 6th May 2014

AMPTHILL

Teacher Recruitment and Training:

Developments

ROUTES INTO TEACHING

Jonathan Black

Director, Careers Service and Internship Office

May 2014

Work (and study)60%

Study29%

Unemployed6%

Unavailable5%

Academia and HE15%

Education13%

Health & Social Care9%

Banking & Investment

7%Govt, Order,

Policy6%

Culture, Sport, Leisure

5%

Accountancy & Finl Svcs

5%

Consultancy5%

Charity & Devlpt4%

Consumer Goods &

Retail4%

Other4%

Law4%

IT & Computing3%

Engineering & Mfg3%

13% of Oxford UGs and PGs who go into work, go into school teaching

Four years of DLHE data, 2008/2009-2011/2012Six months after leaving

Teaching qualifications

Qualified teacher status (QTS) is required to

teach in state-maintained schools

• Some training routes also lead to other qualifications

such as Postgraduate Certificates or Diplomas and

Masters-level credits

Options without QTS (training ‘on-the-job’)

• Independent sector and Academies

• Post-compulsory sector (FE)

Routes into Teaching

In a nutshell Duration Tuition

fees?

Bursary/scholarship/sa

lary?

PGCE University-based with teaching

placements

1 year full time

Flexible options

available

Up to £9k

loan

available

Up to £25K, depending

on subject and degree

class

School Direct Based in schools with university

support

1 year full time Up to £9k

loan

available

Up to £25K, depending

on subject and degree

class

Teach First 2 years teaching in a challenging

school following 6 weeks intensive

training

2 years full time

(QTS after year 1)

No Year 1: unqualified

teacher salary (£15K-

£21K)

Year 2: QTS salary

(£21K-£29K)

School Direct

(salaried)

School-based training for those with

>3yrs relevant experience

1 year full time No Unqualified teacher

salary

Independent

sector

“On-the-job” training for unqualified

teachers. Some formal training

programmes available

Varies No Salary

• Primary & secondary, regions nationwide

• 2.1 or above, relevant degree

• For English, D&T, ICT, Maths and Science:

A*, A or B at A level (2 in science)

• Greater London

• North East

• North West

• South Coast

• South East

• West Midlands

• Yorkshire & the

Humber

• Wales

Addressing educational disadvantage.

Teach First schools - at least 50% of pupils must come from the lowest

30% of the IDACI (Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index),

prioritising those schools with higher levels of deprivation.

PGCE

• Primary and secondary, all subjects, nationwide

• University-based but with substantial periods of time in

two or more schools.

• Requires degree to have close relevance to chosen

teaching subject (>50% rough guide)

• Subject enhancement courses in maths, physics,

chemistry and languages

• PGDE in Scotland

School Direct

• Candidates selected by schools

– in-line with their future teaching needs.

• May be offered in a single school, or more commonly in

a group of schools

• Available throughout England.

• All subjects (including primary) available

• Most places for shortage secondary subjects (Maths,

Science, MFL)

• Process varies by location & partnership

Key difference from PGCE:

Expectation (though not a guarantee) of employment with

school on completion.

PGCE/School Direct

funding (England)English,

Geography,

History,

Music,

Biology and

Design &

Technology

Maths,

Physics,

Chemistry,

Computing

A*/A/B maths A

level & on

specialist

primary maths

course

• Bursary + 25% if training with School Direct in schools with more than 35% free school meals

• Tuition fee loan (fees up to £9k)

• Other loans and grants according to need

HOW TO APPLY

Routes into teaching

Teach First application process:

clear, one-stop shop

interaction; knowledge; resilience; self evaluation; planning & organising;

humility, respect & empathy; leadership; problem solving

teachfirst.org.uk

PGCE/School Direct application

process: one size fits all

motivation for teaching; relevant experience; commitment to teaching;

reflective qualities; awareness of current issues in education;

Application

Course search &

online application at

www.ucas.com

Application form +

Personal statement

+ Referees

comments

Applications OPEN

21 November

Interview

Interview with

course tutor &

teacher

?Group exercise

?Written exercise

?Presentation

Professional Skills

Test

Must pass before

starting course

Numeracy &

Literacy

education.gov.uk/tea

chskillstests

Independent SectorTeacher Training

• Popular route into teaching

• Regarded as slightly mysterious

– Unclear how to identify opportunities

– More information about relevant experience would be helpful for recent graduates

• Sector recognition

– Options to gain QTS, PGCE?

– Ease of transfer between independent and state-maintained sectors?