Training bursaries of 6,000, tax-free, are available to PGCE students.
Entrance requirements
The handbook: Qualifying to Teach: Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status and Requirements for Initial Teacher Training is available from the Teacher Training Agency. It details requirements: Applicants need: a good honours degree (2:1 and above); Grade C or above GCSE (or equivalent) in English language and mathematics. People born on or after September 1979 wishing to teach primary level need grade C GCSE science subject.
In England, QTS is subject to skills tests in literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology.
Applications
Applications in 2004 can be made online via the Graduate Teaching Training Registry from early this September, the closing date is15 December.
Telephone 0870 1122205 or visit www.gttr.ac.uk.
For further details see the Teacher Training Agency's website: www.canteach.gov.uk or call the Teaching Information Line 0845 6000 991.
Providers often expect applicants to have at least two weeks' work experience in school. People joining a course are usually assessed by a questionnaire or medical examinations and students are checked by the Criminal Records Bureau.
