How can international teachers attain QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) in the UK?

International teachers looking for teaching jobs in the UK may see the acronym QTS. QTS stands for Qualified Teacher Status, which is awarded to British teachers who have completed their training with certified training providers in the UK or awarded to International teachers who are eligible to apply based on their experience and qualification.

You do not need QTS to work as an overseas teacher in the UK, but within 5 years of teaching in the UK, you will need to have achieved it. You can complete a 12 week pathway to gain QTS after you have worked in the UK for at least two years in multiple schools, through the Ässessment Only” route.

Newly Qualified Teachers (teaching graduates)  are not automatically eligible for QTS. You will need to have completed your degree and then moved from provisional to proficient in your home country in order to apply.

Click on this link or read the information below from the Gov.UK site regarding applying for QTS as an overseas teacher.

Teachers who trained outside the UK

If you are a qualified teacher from a country outside the UK or have gained teaching experience outside the UK, read the guidance on routes to QTS for teachers who qualified outside the UK.

Recognition of QTS for teachers who want to teach overseas

To find out if the country where you plan to work recognises QTS, and whether they require any further teaching qualifications, check with the organisation that regulates teachers in that country.

UK ENIC is the UK’s national information centre for professional qualifications and can give you contact details for the appropriate organisation in your chosen country.

Qualified teacher learning and skills (QTLS)

If you are an experienced post-14 teacher and have QTLS status and membership of the Society for Education and Training, you may be eligible to work as a qualified teacher in schools in England.

You can find out how to obtain QTLS and how to teach in a maintained school with QTLS.

Independent sector teachers

If you’re from the independent sector, you need QTS to teach in the maintained and non-maintained special school sectors.

There are a number of routes that assess previous teaching experience.

Learn more about teaching and training to teach in a private or independent school in England.

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