Becoming a teacher: England

You must have qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in most primary and secondary schools in England. To find out more about the steps needed to achieve QTS, including understanding funding, gaining work experience, finding teacher training, and life as a teacher see

• Get into teaching by The Department for Education

Teaching training advisers at .gov.uk

The Department for Education have teacher training advisers who are experienced teachers. They can provide you with additional support when preparing and applying for teacher training. To be allocated your own dedicated adviser who is on hand to give you any extra help you need you can register with Get into teaching for this free service.

Teaching in Further Education (FE) 

Take a look at the Teach in Further Education gov.uk to find out more about teaching in the FE sector in England.

Further resources

• Aspiring Teacher Facebook group

  Set up by the Department for Education, this group has advice and discussion for anyone thinking about becoming a teacher in England. 

• TARGETJobs

  Provides detailed information and advice on routes to becoming a teacher, choosing and applying for a teacher training course and funding. 

• Job sectors on Prospects

  Provides comprehensive guides to different career areas including teaching and education. 

• Job profiles on Prospects

  Enables you to search for careers such as early years teacher, primary/secondary school teacher, further/higher education lecturer, English as a Foreign Language teacher or special educational needs teacher.