Your path to teaching shortage subjects

Our website offers extensive information on different routes into teaching and teacher training options

Sign up with the Teaching Agency

Whenever you are looking to start your training, register with us and we will send you our clear guide to training for a career in teaching. You'll also benefit from:

• email updates with important news on teacher training, funding and events in your area
• the option to call our team of teaching experts for advice
• information on how you can interact with us and get your questions answered via Facebook and Twitter

Premier Plus – the enhanced service from the Teaching Agency

If you’re looking to start your training in a shortage subject in the academic year 2012/13 and have or are predicted at least a 2:2 degree, then you can take advantage of Premier Plus – our new enhanced service. Sign up with us and in addition to the above benefits you’ll receive:

• personalised one-to-one advice and guidance from a named adviser
• access to our new School Experience Programme (SEP), so you can sample life inside a modern secondary school before you apply
• invitations to exclusive events
• regular communications from us with important news, application hints and tips, and updates on funding
• access to courses which allow you to top up your subject knowledge before beginning your training (your chosen training provider will let you know if you are eligible)
• opportunities to speak to our teaching advocates – working teachers who can answer your questions about life in the classroom
• your Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) application fee reimbursed

Get ongoing support

We can also support you in your application for teacher training and provide guidance and tips on preparing for your interview

Once you have embarked on your career in teaching, we will continue to offer ongoing support. Our website provides extensive information on how to develop your career as well as resources and tools

GTTR application fee reimbursement

Remember that vacancies on teacher training courses fill up fast, so apply early to ensure you are considered by the training provider of your choice.

As part of our Premier Plus service, if you apply for a 2012 teacher training course in secondary maths, physics, chemistry or modern foreign languages (MFL) through the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR), the Teaching Agency will reimburse the usual £19 application fee. To receive the reimbursement you must have a valid Teaching Agency registration number when you complete your GTTR application. If you don't have one yet, sign up with the Teaching Agency now. Please also read the fee-free application terms and conditions (PDF, 45KB) to check that you are eligible for the reimbursement.