Teachers: Qualifications

(asked on 7th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) guidance and (b) other support her Department provides to teachers who qualified in other countries to begin teaching in the UK.


Answered by
Robert Halfon Portrait
Robert Halfon
This question was answered on 16th November 2023

The Department provides comprehensive guidance for overseas qualified teachers about teaching in England, including the requirements and support available, through the Get Into Teaching website.

Since February 2023, highly qualified teachers with qualifications from an increased number of countries and regions have been able to use the Department’s new digital service, Apply for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England, to apply for QTS. QTS is a legal requirement to teach in many English schools and is considered desirable for teachers in the majority of schools in England.

The Department is piloting the international relocation payment (IRP). This is a small scale pilot offering a single one off payment of £10,000 to non-UK trainees and teachers of languages and physics in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years. The payment is a contribution towards the costs they face in moving to England to teach or train, which include visas, the immigration health surcharge and other relocation expenses. The payment is only payable once someone has started their job or training course in England.

Overseas qualified teachers with QTS are also eligible for support through the Department’s Return to Teaching advisor service. This provides one to one support with finding jobs, the application process and preparing for interviews.

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