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DfE Summary – Assessment Only route
The DfE provides guidance on the Assessment Only route which enables applicants to gain Qualified Teacher Status whilst working in a school.
You must already have experience and be meeting the expectations of the Teachers’ Standards to be able to access this course as it is not a training route. You will be already employed as an unqualified teacher for the duration of assessment period which should be no longer than 12-weeks.
Assessment Only provides a fast-track route to Qualified Teacher Status for unqualified teachers providing they are already employed in a school environment. The Assessment Only route considers an individual’s past and present teaching experience and they are potentially able to qualify in a much shorter timeframe than if they were to undertake more conventional teacher training.
What do I need to check before applying for the Assessment Only route?
- You must be employed as an unqualified teacher (not a HLTA or TA) on a full-time timetable in the age phase for which you wish to be assessed. You should have the responsibility for the outcomes of pupils and be accountable to the headteacher against the Teachers’ Standards.
- You must have taught as an unqualified teacher full-time for a minimum of two-years. Alongside the school you are employed in, you must have taught in a contrasting school for a minimum of six weeks.
- You must have had experience of Key Stages 1 & 2 (primary), or Key Stages 3 & 4 (secondary)
- You must be able to demonstrate experience of working with children and young people from different backgrounds across the ability range in your chosen age ranges.
- You must be able to demonstrate that you have the suitability to teach in terms of appropriate academic capabilities and personal qualities, a positive attitude, and display professional ethics, morality and integrity.
Qualifications
- GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and mathematics or an equivalent qualification.
- Primary only GCSE grade 4/C or above in science or an equivalent qualification.
- Honours degree in relevant subject.
- Risk assessment to ensure that you are eligible to complete this route.
- Significant entry checks including DBS enhanced disclosure check.
- Submit a medical disclosure to meet the Secretary of State’s requirements for health and capacity to teach.
- Complete a prohibition check.