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Learn about the teacher training options available within school environments, and choose from school-based training schemes, such as the School Direct Training Programme, School Direct Training Programme (salaried) or school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT).

These courses are taught on the job with the support of experienced teachers. Lectures or discussions that cover the same material as college-based or university courses may make up part of these programmes.

School-based training

School Direct

School Direct

Find out more about School Direct, a new school-led path to gaining qualified teacher status (QTS) that includes some of the country’s best schools. You could be specially selected by one of them with a job in mind just for you.

School-centred initial teacher training

School-centred initial teacher training

Graduates who want to train in a school environment should consider school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT).

Teach First

Teach First

Teach First’s employment-based training is designed to help participants become effective teachers and leaders in challenging schools.

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