If you’ve worked as an unqualified teacher, you may be able to get qualified teacher status (QTS) through an assessment only programme.
If you already have QTS, find out how you can return to teaching(opens in new window).
What is the assessment only route to QTS?
You can take the assessment only route to QTS if you already meet the standards for qualified teacher status, so do not need any further training.
Instead, you will undertake a series of assessments. This may include lesson observations, providing a portfolio of evidence to show you meet the teachers’ standards, or written assessments. This will vary by your provider.
The assessment programme takes up to 12 weeks.
How much does assessment only QTS cost?
Fees range from about £1,500 to £4,000, but vary between provider so it’s best to check with them for more information.
Fees may be paid by you or your school at the start of the programme. If you’re currently working in a school, talk to your employer about your funding options.
Eligibility for assessment only QTS
To be eligible, you need (all of the following):
- to be able to show you meet the teachers’ standards(opens in new window) without any more training
- to have worked in 2 or more schools
- a degree
- GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above in English and maths (and science if you want to teach primary)
Specific entry criteria may vary by teacher training provider. You should ask them about eligibility before you apply.
Are teaching assistants eligible?
If you’ve worked as a teaching assistant, it’s unlikely you’ll have the experience required for assessment only.
There may be exceptional cases where teaching assistants have worked for a significant amount of time (at least 2 years) independently teaching classes and may be eligible.
Talk to your provider about whether your experience makes you eligible for this route.
Or, find other ways you can train to be a teacher.
Are non-UK citizens eligible?
If you’re a non-UK citizen, you should contact training providers who assess international teachers.
None of the other UK regional or national providers can help with non-UK enquiries. Please do not contact them if you are not in the UK.
Assessment only training providers by region
- East of England
- East Midlands
- Greater London
- North East
- North West
- South East
- South West
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- National
- Non-UK
East of England
Name: Fiona Manby
Telephone: 01268 477611 (extn 471)
Email: fiona@billericayscitt.com
Name: Karen Bateman
Telephone: 01582 599921
Email: kbateman@challneyboys.luton.sch.uk
Name: Christine Wager
Telephone: 01206 364728
Email: enquiries@colchesterttc.org.uk
Name: Educate Group HQ
Telephone: 01978 281881
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk
Name: Emma Day and Sarah Sloper
Telephone: 01268 988580
Email: assessmentonly@ete.org.uk
Name: Steve Fox
Telephone: 01376 556398
Email: admin@midessexteachertraining.com
Name: Jacqui Waring
Telephone: 01603 773708
Email: jacqui.waring@ccn.ac.uk
The Pilgrim Partnership
Name: Bev Collier
Telephone: 01234 907896
Email: bcollier@pilgrimpartnership.org
Name: Lucinda James
Telephone: 01473 265077
Email: enquiries@suffolkandnorfolkscitt.co.uk
Name: David Goode
Telephone: 01462 817445
Email: office@bedsscitt.org.uk
Name: Jackie Atkin
Telephone: 01234 907896
Email: jatkin@pilgrimpartnership.org
Name: AO Administration Team
Email: AOenquiries@herts.ac.uk
East Midlands
CfBT Education Trust SCITT
Name: Julie Woolley
Telephone: 07919 568841
Email: jwoolley@cfbt.com
Name: Educate Group HQ
Telephone: 01978 281881
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk
Name: Dirk Smith
Email: dsmith@iltt.org.uk
Name: Nicki Shore
Telephone: 01522 889297
Email: scittenquiries@prioryacademies.co.uk
Name: Admissions team
Telephone: 0115 848 4200
Email: applications@ntu.ac.uk
Name: Kate Martin
Telephone: 01327 350284 ext. 251
Email: gutprecruitment@sponne.org.uk
Name: Jayne Leggott
Email: askadmissions@derby.ac.uk
University of Northampton
Email: admissions@northampton.ac.uk
Greater London
Name: Isabella Mora
Telephone: 020 8807 6906
Email: training@oakthorpe.enfield.sch.uk
Name: Derek Boyle
Telephone: 020 8300 6566
Email: Administrator@gradteach.co.uk
Name: Clare Foster
Telephone: 020 7802 3455
Email: enquiries@scitt.futureacademies.org
Name: Lynsey Salt
Telephone: 020 7717 2245
Name: Clare Hunton
Telephone: 020 8520 3142
Email: training@henrymaynard.waltham.sch.uk
Name: Galia Segal
Email: galia.segal@lsjs.ac.uk
Name: Marcus Bhargava
Telephone: 020 8417 4766
Email: aoenquiries@kingston.ac.uk
Name: Maria Dominguez
Telephone: 020 7133 2983
Email: assessmentQTS@londonmet.ac.uk
Name: Andrew Read
Telephone: 020 7815 5444
Email: qtsao@lsbu.ac.uk
Middlesex University
Telephone: 020 8411 5555
Email: AO@mdx.ac.uk
Name: Elizabeth Jackson
Telephone: 020 8240 4326
Email: ao@stmarys.ac.uk
Name: Saskia Rossi
Telephone: 020 7932 1126
Email: admin@teachinglondon.org
Name: Liz Connell
Telephone: 01708 255006
Email: admin@haveringteachertraining.co.uk
Name: Jo Fogg
Telephone: 020 3740 1808 (option 1)
Email: scitt@tkat.org
Name: Bryce Wilby
Telephone: 020 8223 6372
Email: b.wilby@uel.ac.uk
University of Greenwich
Name: Enquiry Unit
Telephone: 020 8331 9000
Email: courseinfo@gre.ac.uk
Name: Sam Steward
Telephone: 020 8772 9528
Email: ssteward@scitt.wandsworth.sch.uk
North East
Name: Marielle Thonnart
Telephone: 01325 254525
Email: thonnartm@carmel.bhcet.org.uk
Durham University
Email: ed.ite@durham.ac.uk
Name: Educate Group HQ
Telephone: 01978 281881
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk
Name: Kirsten Webber
Telephone: 01642 527675
Email: scitt@stockton.gov.uk
Name: Jill Wilkinson
Telephone: 0191 5153099
Email: jill.wilkinson@sunderland.ac.uk
North West
Name: Karen Craven
Telephone: 0161 973 1179 (ext 2289)
Email: karencraven@thedeantrust.co.uk
Name: Hilary Langmead-Jones
Email: admin@scitt.bright-futures.co.uk
Name: Educate Group HQ
Telephone: 01978 281881
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk
Kingsbridge EIP SCITT
Name: Gail Thomson
Telephone: 01942 510712 ext 500
Email: g.thomson@kingsbridgeeip.co.uk
Name: Gill Makin
Telephone: 0151 443 2663
Email: merseyboroughsitt@knowsley.gov.uk
Name: Jane Bulkeley
Email: qtsonlyroute@chester.ac.uk
Name: Ian Todd
Email: qtsdirect@cumbria.ac.uk
South East
Name: Andrew Millar
Telephone: 01494 787573
Email: hello@astra-alliance.com
Email: elascitt@tollgate.boleyntrust.org
Canterbury Christ Church University
Name: Keith Saunders
Telephone: 01227 925555
Email: pgadmissions@canterbury.ac.uk
Chepping View Primary Academy SCITT
Name: Hayley Rouse
Telephone: 01494 535564, option 3
Email: scitt@cvpa.school
Name: Joanna Jones
Telephone: 01483 888070
Email: contactscitt@georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk
Name: Krissy Taylor
Telephone: 01252 900550
Email: ktaylor@i2ipartnership.co.uk
Email: polly.butterfield-tracey@kmtraining.org.uk
Oxford Brookes University
Name: Lorna Shires
Email: assessment-only-qts@brookes.ac.uk
Surrey South Farnham SCITT
Name: Eukaria Finch
Telephone: 01252 717408
Email: scitt@sfet.org.uk
Name: Katy Field
Telephone: 01280 852039
Email: kfield@bpscitt.uk
Name: Kate Martin
Telephone: 01327 350284 ext. 251
Email: gutprecruitment@sponne.org.uk
Telephone: 01908 669735 (ext 320)
Email: TFSCITTprimary@denbigh.net
Telephone: 01908 669735 (ext 353)
Email: TFSCITTsecondary@denbigh.net
Name: Bethany Kelly
Telephone: 01280 820222
Email: education@buckingham.ac.uk
Name: Sarah Hand
Telephone: 01908 533284
Email: info@mkitt.co.uk
Email: ao@chi.ac.uk
Telephone: 0118 378 2672
Email: vrs17a3@reading.ac.uk
Name: Mike Lambert / Diane Carr
Email: AOQTS@sussex.ac.uk
Name: Keith Smith
Email: ao@winchester.ac.uk
West Berkshire Training Partnership
Name: Emmeline Bird
Telephone: 01635 42155
Email: admin@itt-westberks.org
Name: Joanna Crome
Telephone: 01932 578682
Email: j.crome@xaviercet.org.uk
South West
Bath Spa University
Name: Darren McKay
Email: assessmentonly@bathspa.ac.uk
Name: Lex Blake
Telephone: 01872 305728
Email: scitt@truro-penwith.ac.uk
Name: Becky Rose
Telephone: 01242 505945
Email: admin@gitep.org.uk
Name: Sarah Lewis
Telephone: 01458 449418
Email: office@mscitt.org.uk
Name: Julie Walker
Telephone: 0300 123 1967
Email: JLWalker@somerset.gov.uk
Name: Carrie McMillan
Telephone: 01392 686165
Email: swtt@westexe.devon.sch.uk
Wessex Schools Training Partnership
Name: Claire Porter
Telephone: 01202 662038
Email: WSTP@poolehigh.poole.sch.uk
West Midlands
Name: Programme Leader
Telephone: 0121 331 4627
Email: assessmentonlyqts@bcu.ac.uk
Name: Emily Giubertoni
Telephone: 07714 672398
Email: e.giubertoni@bishopchalloner.bham.sch.uk
Name: Educate Group HQ
Telephone: 01978 281881
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk
Email: tforward@haybridge.worcs.sch.uk
Telephone: 01782 432537
Email: ao@knste-shaw.org.uk
Telephone: 024 7765 0660
Email: nite@coventry.ac.uk
Email: schater@stjosephsmail.com
Name: Jayne Bartrop
Telephone: 01782 295977
Email: J.Bartrop@staffs.ac.uk
Email: info@coventryscitt.org.uk
The OAKS (Ormiston and Keele SCITT)
Name: Rob Tweats
Telephone: 01782 734332
Email: r.tweats@keele.ac.uk
Name: Sean Bates
Telephone: 0121 607 1930
Email: sean.bates@titan.org.uk
Name: Dr. Marj Jeavons
Email: m.jeavons@ucb.ac.uk
Name: CTE Admissions and Enrolment Team
Email: cte.admissions@warwick.ac.uk
Email: AOPrimary@wlv.ac.uk
Email: AOSecondary@wlv.ac.uk
Name: Su Plant
Telephone: 01952 200000
Email: ssplant@ttsonline.net
Yorkshire and the Humber
Name: Educate Group HQ
Telephone: 01978 281881
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk
Name: Emma Worrincy
Telephone: 0113 487 1777
Email: info@gorsescitt.org.uk
Name: Admissions
Telephone: 0113 283 7123
Email: admissions@leedstrinity.ac.uk
North Lincolnshire SCITT Partnership
Name: Vicky Crossley
Telephone: 01724 297119
Email: vicky.crossley@northlincs.gov.uk
Email: admin@sheffieldscitt.org.uk
National
Name: Andrew Locke
Telephone: 020 3194 3200
Email: institute@tesglobal.com
Non-UK
Teachers outside the UK who do not have a teaching qualification, but meet the eligibility requirements for assessment only QTS(opens in new window), can apply to be assessed by an English teacher training provider.
You will not have to visit or train in England. However, you will need to be assessed at your place of work by an examiner from your teaching training provider. Your teacher training provider can explain what type of school you must be working in to undergo assessment only QTS.
Fees may be substantially more than £4,000 if you’re outside the UK. Check with individual providers for more details.
Assessment only training providers cannot give you advice about:
- finding a teaching job in an English school
- other routes to QTS, including Apply for QTS in England
- applying for a visa to work or study in the UK
Learn more about working in England if you’re a teacher from outside the UK.
Apply for QTS in England
Teachers outside the UK with a teaching qualification may be eligible to apply for QTS in England(opens in new window).
Learn more about the qualifications and experience you’ll need to get QTS(opens in new window) using this service.
Assessment only training providers for non-UK citizens
Name: Admissions Team
Telephone: +86 135 2015 3752
Email: admissions@bise.org
Name: Mark Bignell
Email: mark@espeducation.co.uk
Name: Andrew Locke
Telephone: 020 3194 3200
Email: institute@tesglobal.com
Name: Jayne Leggott
Email: askadmissions@derby.ac.uk
Name: Ian Elliott
Telephone: 0191 515 2159
Email: ian.elliott@sunderland.ac.uk
If you're a provider and need to update the details on your record, please contact us at: getintoteaching.helpdesk@education.gov.uk.
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