GTPs

Information for GTPs

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Graduate and Registered Teacher Programme

If you are not able to appoint a fully qualified teacher to a vacancy in your school you may like to consider the Graduate and Registered Training Programme (GRTP). This enables schools to employ teachers who are not yet qualified and to support them through an individual training programme leading to QTS.

Graduate trainees already have a degree and follow a one year post-graduate training programme while working as a teacher.

Registered trainees have two years of higher education and follow a two year programme while working and training as a teacher and completing a degree course.

The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) is responsible for running the programme in England. Packs of information and application forms can be obtained by phoning 01245 454444. Email: grtp@tdainfo.co.uk

• www.tda.gov.uk/

Grants are available for training and, in the case of the Graduate scheme, towards salary costs.

The Graduate and Registered Teacher Programme (GRTP) is an employment-based route to QTS. This route allows unqualified teachers in a school to follow a training programme towards QTS whilst being employed. To find out more about this route contact the GRTP Information Line on 01245 454444.

Individuals interested in obtaining QTS will require GCSE Grade C or above in mathematics and English. Those wishing to teach the primary age range who were born on or after 1st September 1979 are also required to have a GCSE Grade C or above in one of the sciences.

For those who would like to improve their subject knowledge, there is a catalogue of pre and in-course study materials is available on the TDA website:

• www.tda.gov.uk

For information on any Initial Teacher Training (ITT) route contact the Teaching Information Line on 0845 6000 991.