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UK Government Teaching Jobs 2023: How to Apply for the New Teachers Recruitment Scheme to Teach in England
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The routes to qualified teacher status (QTS) for non-UK and UK teachers and those with teaching experience, who are currently living and working outside the UK are changing and are fairly adjusted as the UK Government’s Department of Education (DfE), England, is currently rebuilding on the routes to QTS currently offered by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) as they prepare to introduce the new service come February 1, 2023, in order to accommodate the nine newly eligible countries and other countries that will follow at the end of 2023.
From 1 February 2023, applications for Qualifies Teachers Status (QTS) for teachers who qualified in the following 9 countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe) will also be able to apply to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) for QTS as offered by the Department of Education (DfE), UK.
Qualified teacher status (QTS) is the professional status teachers in England gain at the end of their teacher training.
The UK Government (gov.uk)’s Department of Education (DfE) recently announced a new 2023 teachers recruitment scheme for newly selected countries – Nigeria, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe that makes their citizens eligible to apply for Qualified Teachers Status (QTS) through the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) to teach in England, UK with the application for teaching jobs effective from February 1, 2023.
According to the Department of Education (DfE), UK Government website (gov.uk): ‘’This change is part of the launch of a new service, apply for QTS in England. From 1 February 2023, the way we award QTS will change’’
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The Department of Education (DfE), UK Government announcement of the new service changes for the application for Qualifies Teachers Status (QTS) to teach in England, UK, changing the way it awards QTS, has made citizens and those living in the selected countries Nigeria, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe eligible to apply for the Qualifies Teachers Status (QTS) for the 2023 teachers recruitment to teach in England, UK.
Teachers who are qualified outside the UK can work in English schools for up to 4 years without QTS. However, obtaining QTS will make it easier for you to find work and develop your career as a teacher in the UK
This is because:
While there are 4 routes to apply for Qualified Teachers Status (QTS) for qualified non-UK teachers who have teaching qualifications and trainees in the EEA, Gibraltar, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, the USA, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, there are 2 routes to apply for 2023 UK Government Teachers Recruitment Programme qualified non-UK teachers who have teaching qualifications in the newly selected Nigeria, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. The award of QTS required compulsory training.
The 2 routes for qualified non-UK teachers who have teaching qualifications outside the UK to apply for Qualified Teachers Status (QTS) for the teaching job vacancies are:
1. Apply for QTS through the UK Government Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA)
2. Apply for Assessment only QTS
A new professional recognition service, called ‘apply for qualified teacher status in England’, will set consistent standards so the qualifications and experience of the assessment of overseas teachers.
The new professional recognition service will eventually be open to qualified teachers from all countries outside the UK by the end of 2023, according to the DfE, UK.
Application for QTS through TRA for UK Government teaching jobs in 2023 in England, UK will award overseas teachers QTS based on an assessment of each individual’s qualifications and experience against set requirements. Once fully launched, it will be open to qualified teachers from every country in the world. Over time, this route will be opened to qualified teachers from every country outside the UK.
Apply for the Award of QTS through TRA for UK Government Teachers Recruitment as a non-UK teacher from 1 February 2023 in Nigeria, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe if you have the following 7 qualifications and experience:
1. An undergraduate degree of the same academic standard as a UK bachelor’s degree, as verified by UK ENIC
2. Have completed teacher training that meets the standard equivalent to a Bachelor of Education or a Bachelor’s Degree plus a Postgraduate Certificate in Education
3. Have completed a course with content that is practically and educationally focused.
4. Qualified to teach children aged between 5 and 16 years
5. Have at least one school year (a minimum of 9 months including school holidays) of professional experience working as a teacher after qualification
6. Have the professional status needed to be a teacher in the country where you qualified, and not be subject to any conditions or restrictions on your practice.
7. Meet a certain standard of English language proficiency. This means you must be able to show one of the following. You have:
By the end of 2023, overseas teachers applying for QTS will be required to prove that they hold a Mathematics qualification that meets the same standard as GCSE grade 4 and a Science qualification that meets the same standard as GCSE Grade 4 (for teaching primary school). A GCSE is an academic qualification awarded for examinations in England, usually taken at age 16. See below the GCSE Equivalences in the newly eligible countries.
4 steps on how qualified non-UK teachers can apply to TRS for QTS without exemption
1. Check for Eligibility: Non-UK teachers can check if they are eligible to apply for QTS using this service after signing up or signing in. To apply to TRA for QTS for qualified Non-UK teachers, you must check for eligibility to find out if you are eligible to apply. In the course of checking for your eligibility, we’ll ask some questions to check your eligibility to apply for QTS in England. This should take about 5 minutes.
Click here to start now (https://apply-for-qts-in-england.education.gov.uk/eligibility/start) or click here (https://apply-for-qts-in-england.education.gov.uk/teacher/sign_in_or_sign_up) to sign up to start now
2. Understand the types of evidence you will need to provide and provide the necessary required documents to get awarded the QTS by TRA. Teachers from all eligible countries will have to show they meet a consistent set of criteria for the award of QTS. See below the set criteria for registration as a qualified teacher for each of the nine newly eligible countries
3. Apply for the UK Government Teachers Recruitment for available jobs by searching for teaching jobs online after being awarded the QTS
4. Apply for a skilled worker visa. The main visa route for non-UK teachers in England is the skilled worker visa. Application for a UK Government teaching job is free.
To apply for a skilled worker visa, you will first need to search for a teaching job in England. You can use the UK government’s Teaching vacancies service to search for available teaching roles. Before you apply for a teaching job, contact the school to make sure it is a Home Office licensed sponsor. If the school is a sponsor, it can help you apply for your visa. Schools can also become sponsors to employ you.
You will be able to apply for your skilled worker visa if you have a job offer from a school you applied to that is a licensed Home Office sponsor
How to search for the UK Teaching Jobs
You can search for a UK Government teaching jobs by location, teaching subject, age group, salary, and courses where a student or skilled worker visa sponsorship is available.
Qualified teachers from outside the UK are allowed to teach in England for up to 4 years without QTS – even in schools where QTS is normally a legal requirement.
To be eligible for the ‘4-year rule’ teaching option, you should have
The application process and procedures are similar to that of the teacher without exemption given above through the same steps, except that you are yet to be recognised by the teachers’ regulatory body of your country.
Application for Assessment only QTS may be the most appropriate route for you if you are not eligible to apply for QTS through TRA. Assessment only QTS means experienced teachers with a degree can gain QTS without doing a teacher training programme.
You can apply to a UK government-approved teacher training provider in England for an assessment showing you meet the standards for QTS without visiting the UK to be assessed and gain QTS.
Assessment only QTS offers you the opportunity to work as a teacher in England and earn a salary while you’re assessed for QTS.
The following qualifications and experience are needed by qualified non-UK teachers to be eligible to apply for UK teaching jobs through an Assessment only QTS:
Application for the UK Government Recruitment Exercise 2023 to teach in an English school via Assessment only QTS is made through a UK Government Department of Education approved teacher training provider in England, but you do not need to visit or train in England to do assessment only QTS.
Here are 8 steps on how to apply for the UK Government Teaching Jobs 2023 through the Assessment only QTS:
1. Find and contact your chosen teacher training provider directly to obtain information relating to:
Finding and contacting teacher training providers offering assessment only QTS to international teachers outside the UK
Click here to find and contact teacher training providers offering assessment only QTS to international teachers outside the UK
2. Apply to the chosen teacher training provider earlier contacted for the services above.
3. Present evidence of your qualification to your assessment only QTS provider, once your application is successful
4. Prepare and sit for a test in the English Language (Written and Spoken) to demonstrate your English is clear, accurate, and fluent and Maths and Science Knowledge to demonstrate proficient knowledge for primary school teaching as he helps you put together a portfolio of your teaching work to demonstrate you meet the standard. The tests are expected to be on the same standard as a Grade 4 in GCSE
5. Prepare and take a teaching practice session for the in-person assessment of your teaching skills and abilities at your primary place of work by an examiner from your chosen teacher training provider.
6. have the health and physical capacity to train to teach, Click here to learn how to have the health and physical capacity to train to teach in England, UK.
7. Undergo safeguarding checks carried out by your assessment only QTS provider to assess your suitability to teach.
8. Apply for teaching jobs in England. Click here to find and apply. Once your meet the standard required for assessment, you will be certified as a qualified teacher to teach in the UK, otherwise, you re-apply when you have gained more relevant skills and experience.
The government-controlled teachers’ regulatory bodies of the countries are:
1. Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). Click here to access the TRCN website and here to check the requirements and procedures to become a registered teacher in Nigeria.
2. National Teaching Council of Ghana (NTC). Click here to access the NTC Ghana website and here to check how to apply to be registered as a teacher with NTC in Ghana.
3. Click here to assess the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Schools, Zimbabwe’s requirement for the proposed Zimbabwe Teaching Council to find out how you can apply for the UK Teaching job as a qualified teacher in Zimbabwe.
4. National Institute of Education (NIE) Singapore. Click here to assess NIE, Singapore website, and here, Ministry of Education website to learn how to become a qualified primary and secondary school teacher in Singapore.
5. The Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC). Click here to assess the JTC website and here to check the requirements and conditions to become a registered Jamaican teacher.
6. Education Bureau, Hong Kong. Click here to assess the Hong Kong Education Bureau website and find out how you become a qualified school teacher in Hong Kong in order to apply to TRA for QTS in the UK Government Recruitment Exercise 2023
7. South African Council for Educators (SACE), South Africa. Click here to assess the South African Government-controlled teachers’ regulatory body to learn how to become a teacher in the country.
8. National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), India. Click here to assess NCTE, India website, and here to learn the requirements needed to apply and become a registered teacher in India.
9. UK Government’s Department of Education, offers a separate requirement for Ukrainian teachers and trainees coming to the UK, due to the Russian invasion. Click here to assess and apply.
Here are how UK’s standard General Certificate Secondary Education (GCSE) for high school students – a prerequisite to a secondary school leaving certificate, compares with those of the other teaching recruitment eligible countries:
Each eligible country’s equivalence to UK’s GCSE is outlined below. You can decide to check the International Grade Equivalences for the eligible countries and others. Click here to assess the International Grade Equivalences
GCSE Equivalencies for Nigeria’s WASSCE
The GCSE Equivalencies for Nigeria’s WASSCE are as follows:
GCSE grade B/Grade 5 equivalent: WAEC West African Senior School Certificate/NECO Senior School Certificate grade B3
GCSE grade C/Grade 4 equivalent: WAEC West African Senior School Certificate/NECO Senior School Certificate grade C6
GCSE Equivalencies for Hong Kong’s HKDS
GCSE Equivalencies for Hong Kong’s HKDSE are as follows:
HKDSE Mathematics Compulsory equivalency to GCSE:
For courses that require A-Level Maths (for example Engineering, Maths, etc), you must have taken and scored 4 on the ‘extended Maths’ module.
GCSE equivalencies for South Africa’s NSCE
The GCSE equivalencies for South Africa’s NSCE are as follows:
GCSE equivalencies for Ukraine’s GSEC
The GCSE equivalencies for Ukraine’s GSEC are as follows:
The Atestat pro Povnu Zagal’nu Sersdniu Osvitu (Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education – GSEC) is acceptable in place of GCSE Maths. Grades of 9 are required in Maths (in both Algebra and Geometry) for GCSE Grade B/5 and Grades of 10 for Grade A/7.
GCSE equivalencies for Ghana’s WASSCE:
GCSE equivalencies for Ghana’s WASSCE are as follows:
GCSE equivalencies for Singapore’s Cambridge GCE O-Levels
The GCSE equivalencies for Singapore’s Cambridge GCE O-Levels are as follows:
Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Levels are acceptable in place of GCSE Maths and English. A grade of B4 is required for GCSE Grade B/5 (Maths) or GCSE Grade B/6 (English) and grade A2 for GCSE grade A/7.
Singapore-Cambridge GCE A levels at H2 Level are acceptable on a grade-for-grade basis in lieu of A Levels. The relevant English Language and Maths requirements will need to be met through Singapore O Levels or other acceptable equivalencies.
GCSE Equivalencies for Zimbabwe’s GCE-O Level
GCSE Equivalencies for Zimbabwe’s GCE-O Level are as follows:
Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education at Ordinary Level is considered comparable to GCSE (grades A*-C / 9-4), for every subject passed, where grades of A(a) – C(c) have been obtained. Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level is considered comparable to the overall A-Level standard of GSCE.
GCSE Equivalencies for India’s SSE
The GCSE Equivalencies for India’s SSE are as follows:
GCSE Equivalencies for Jamaica’s CSEC
The GCSE Equivalencies for Jamaica’s CSEC are as follows:
Category 1
The Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) is acceptable in place of GCSE Maths and English (at a general proficiency level). A grade of 2 is required for GCSE Grade B/5 (Maths) or Grade B/6 (English) and a 1 for Grade A/7. The Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) and the Bermuda School Certificate or Diploma (BSC/BSD) are all acceptable in place of GCSE Maths and English on a grade-for-grade basis. The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) is acceptable in place of A Levels (at the two-unit level). Grades of 1,1,1 will be required.
Category 2
The Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) is acceptable in place of GCSE Maths and English (at a general proficiency level). A grade of 2 is required for GCSE Grade B/5 (Maths) or Grade B/6 (English). The Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) and the Bermuda School Certificate or Diploma (BSC/BSD) are all acceptable in place of GCSE Maths and English on a grade-for-grade basis. The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) is acceptable in place of A Levels (at the two-unit level). Grades of 1,1,2 will be required.
You can work as a teacher in England if you are qualified outside the UK, that is, you are a non-UK citizen who qualified as a teacher outside the UK.
To teach in England under this new scheme you will need the correct visa or status – a job offer from a school with a licensed Home Office sponsor that allows you to apply for a skilled worker visa
You will be able to apply for your skilled worker visa once your UK teaching job 2023 application is successful and you are offered a job from a school that is a licensed Home Office sponsor.
The salary threshold you must meet depends on whether you have qualified teacher status (QTS) and the region you are applying to work in.
Regional Minimum Salary Requirement for a Skilled Worker Visa for a Qualified Full-time Teacher with QTS and without QTS in Inner and Outside London
This table shows the minimum salary non-UK teachers must earn to be eligible for a skilled worker visa, by region in the UK and status (QTS and non-QTS).
Inner London | Outer London | London fringe | Rest of England | |
QTS | £34,502 | £32,407 | £29,344 | £28,000 |
Non-QTS | £24,254 | £22,924 | £20,594 | £20,480 |
The skilled worker visa thresholds match the minimum salary set in the national teachers’ pay range and for teachers without QTS, the skilled worker visa threshold is above the minimum salary set in the national teachers’ pay range.
However, schools have some flexibility in how they set salaries. You may be able to negotiate a different rate of pay if the salary on offer does not meet the skilled worker visa requirements.
The salary requirements for a skilled worker visa apply to whatever type of school you work in (funded by the UK government or in the private sector).
What is QTS?
QTS which means Qualifies Teachers Status is a compulsory requirement for teaching in England, the UK. English teacher training leads to a professional teaching qualification called qualified teacher status (QTS). QTS can only be obtained through teacher training and not by degree or experience or as a registered teacher in your home country, even though any of them may be a prerequisite. QTS is not a legal requirement used to assess the quality of candidates for teaching jobs.
What is TRA?
TRA means Teaching Regulatory Agency. It is a UK Government Education Agency responsible for the regulation of the teaching profession, including misconduct hearings and the maintenance of a record of teachers, trainee teachers, and those who hold a teacher reference number. This role includes the recognition of the professional status of appropriately-qualified teachers from outside England and the award of qualified teacher status (QTS).
What is Assessment only QTS?
Assessment only QTS means experienced teachers with a degree can gain QTS without doing a teacher training programme.
Why did the UK Government Department of Education choose the 9 Newly Eligible Countries – Nigeria, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe?
UK Government’s Department of Education stated that they selected the above countries for their initial launch for the following reasons:
Can I apply for UK Government’s Teachers Recruitment for 2023 if I am not a qualified teacher in my country?
Yes, you can apply for the UK Government Teachers Recruitment for 2023 if you are not registered with the Teachers Regulatory Body in your country, but you need to go through Assessment only QTS or other any other form of teachers training programme recognized by the Department of Education, UK.
Can I apply for UK Government teaching jobs for 2023 if I am not an experienced teacher in my country?
No, you can’t. Application to TRA through QTS requires at least 9 months of experience and that of Assessment only QTS requires at 2 years of teaching experience. In fact, one of the foremost listed qualifications for the application for any of the UK Government teaching job is gained teaching experience.
Can I apply and work in UK as a teacher without QTS?
Yes. As an unqualified teacher (that is not registered with your country’s Teaching Regulatory Body) and non-UK teacher in your country, you can apply for a teaching job in the UK if you have experience and a degree, but you will be required to work as a teacher in England for a maximum of 4 years without QTS.
However, you will apply to a teacher training provider offering assessment only QTS in the region of England where you work while doing your teaching job and get trained to apply for QTS before the expiration of the 4 years. The 4-year rule means you can find a teaching job and apply to a teacher training provider offering assessment only QTS in the region of England where you work. Your employing school can support you with this.
After that, QTS must be obtained. QTS is a legal requirement to teach in many English schools and is considered desirable for teachers in the majority of schools in England.
Can I apply to a UK government-approved teacher training provider in England for an assessment only QTS without visiting the UK?
Yes, you can. In fact, on-the-job application for assessment only QTS may be the most appropriate route for you if you are not eligible to apply for QTS through TRA and you be will be required to apply to a UK government-approved teacher training provider in England for the assessment showing you meet the standards for QTS without visiting the UK to be assessed and gain QTS.
How much will I be paid as a salary working as a teacher in the UK? What is the salary for the new UK teaching jobs?
The salary range for non-QTS qualified non-UK teachers earns as an eligible skilled worker visa is from £20,480 to £24,254 while the salary range for QTS qualified non-UK teachers earn as an eligible skilled worker visa is from £28,000 to £34,502, depending on the location.
What is GCSE Grade 4?
A GCSE is an academic qualification awarded for examinations in England, usually taken at age 16.
Do I need to sit for GCSE in order to qualify to apply?
No, you do not need to sit for GCSE in order to qualify to apply. GCSE grade equivalences to your local grades in the nine eligible countries are provided above if you are living in any of them. You can use them to check if you made the minimum required grades that qualify you for applying for the UK Government Teaching Jobs.
How can I contact the UK Government Department of Education?
Contact the UK Government Department of Education through the email qts.enquiries@education.gov.uk