Assessment Only Route to QTS

Contact time

For the duration of the assessment period, you will be teaching in your current setting while continuing to demonstrate the Teachers’ Standards and enhancing your evidence in school engaging in teaching and learning related activity and collecting evidence against the Teachers’ Standards.

Independent self study

As with any teacher, you will be required to undertake some professional development including reading, research and reflection. This will support your portfolio of evidence and this will be bespoke to the individual candidate.

Duration

A maximum of 12 weeks.

Teaching staff

Assessment throughout the course will be undertaken by our team of experienced tutors from the Institute of Education with relevant subject and phase expertise.

Assessment

Following your application, you will be invited to an initial online interview. In preparation for this you will be asked to complete a number of audits, including one against the Teachers’ Standards which will require you to gather evidence.

If successful during this initial assessment of your suitability, there will be a second interview within your school setting which will include a lesson observation. This will spark an evidence enhancement plan for the assessment period.

Throughout the assessment period you will have bi-weekly lesson observations from your Assessment Only advocate, as you work together to enhance your evidence of the Teachers’ Standards. You will add this to your electronic portfolio with other evidence e.g. professional development activities.

The final assessment will also include a lesson observation as well as a review of your electronic portfolio and Meeting the Teachers’ Standards Audit.

On successful completion of the Assessment Only Route, you will be recommended for the award of QTS to the Department of Education.