Employment based routes into teaching

Employment-based Initial Teacher Training (EBITT)

Employment-based Initial Teacher Training (EBITT) comprises training programmes that allow trainees to work in a school and follow an individual training programme leading to qualified teacher status (QTS).

The school pays the trainee as an unqualified teacher.

These programmes suit mature, well-qualified people who can quickly take on teaching responsibilities and who need to earn a living while they train.

Many EBITT trainees have relevant experience in other sectors or in a support role in a school. Others are career changers who want to move into teaching. The three EBITT programmes offered by the University of Bedfordshire are described below:

Overseas trained teacher programme

If you are qualified as a teacher inside the EU, mobility laws apply and you can access teaching positions in the same way as 'home' trained teachers.

If you are qualified as a teacher overseas and outside the EU, you may be eligible to work in England as a temporary teacher without qualified teacher status (QTS) for up to four years.

Once you have found a teaching position in a school, the OTTP will provide you with your own individual training and assessment programme which will ultimately lead to your qualification to teach in England permanently read more

Graduate teacher programme

The graduate teacher programme (GTP) is a programme of on-the-job training allowing graduates to qualify as a teacher while they work.

It's a good choice for mature people who want to change to a teaching career but need to continue earning while they train.

Once on the programme your training will be tailored to your own individual needs and lead to qualified teacher status (QTS) read more

Self-funded Graduate Teacher Programme

The self funded graduate teacher programme is a programme for unqualified teachers working in schools to gain qualified teacher status (QTS).

It is training programme without funding where a school is willing to cover the full cost. The TDA will pay for the final QTS assessment read more

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Employment based routes into teaching