Overview

International Qualified Teacher Status (iQTS) (with PGCE) at University of Buckingham is awarded by the University of Buckingham and QTS is then automatically awarded by the UK Government. Applicants can also choose to undertake an additional PGCE alongside iQTS for a small fee which will result in the award of 60 master’s Credits upon successful completion of the course at Level 7.

The 37-week course starts in September (with online induction taking place in late August) and will be taught in English. Delivery of training is online via live lectures which we feel is an important part of our provision as it allows our trainees to feel part of the university and can meet fellow trainees around the world during the training days.

The University of Buckingham is one of a small number of universities granted permission by the UK Government to offer the International Qualified Teacher Status qualification. QTS is a requirement for teachers in many schools in England and QTS is often considered an excellent teaching qualification internationally. Teachers from any country may apply.

All Initial Teacher Training courses at The University of Buckingham are employment-based, so this course is only available to those who are employed as a teacher in their school. This course is open to anyone teaching primary ages (5-11) and secondary ages (11-19). We welcome applications from countries all around the world.

Your school

You must be employed in a school as a teacher. You must be in school for the duration of the 37-week course.
That school must be happy to support you doing the iQTS course and must be happy to recommend you.
Your school must be able to provide an experienced member of staff in the school to act as your mentor, observing your lessons, providing feedback and discussing the weekly tasks set by the University of Buckingham. This will take 2-3 hours a week.
Your school should be able to provide written confirmation that they have carried out safeguarding/ child protection checks and that you have been deemed suitable to work with children.
If you do not have any evidence of prior experience in another school setting, your school must be willing to support you in gaining a minimum of 10 days experience in another school setting by the end of the course.
You will be expected to attend online lectures on Thursdays in 20 weeks of the year.

Programme Structure

Trainees are assessed in a number of ways:

you will have a mentor in your school who will arrange for your lessons to be observed and assessed so that you can improve week by week.
you will record evidence of your teaching on an online form.
trainees are assigned a University of Buckingham tutor who will be in touch regularly. You will have termly calls to assess your progress and guide your development.
You will be expected to show evidence that you have mastered all of the Teachers’ Standards

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-13 00:00:00

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More details

Applications can take at least 6 weeks to process.

Language

English

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Delivered

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Campus Location

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Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

You must have a university bachelor’s degree from a UK university or equivalents; UK ENIC provides advice on comparability or contact iqts-edu@buckingham.ac.uk. We will need to see your original degree certificate
You must have the equivalent of a UK GCSE grade 4 in mathematics. If you are teaching pupils aged 5-11 you also need a GCSE grade 4 in science or one of the science subjects. If you do not have an equivalent qualification you will be asked to sit a proficiency test. To check your qualifications meet the standard of a UK GCSE, refer to UK ENIC, where you can apply for a statement of comparability
You must pass child protection/safeguarding/ criminal record checks
You must have the health and physical capacity to teach
If you are teaching now, you should be able to provide evidence of your professional standing as a teacher
You must pass an online interview with staff from the University of Buckingham
You must have access to a reliable computer

Tuition Fees

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7300 GBP / year

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