Post Graduate Teacher Apprenticeship
Chepping View Primary Academy SCITT works with our partnership of primary schools to support Post Graduate Teacher Apprenticeships (PGTA). The apprenticeship route combines paid work in your employing school with off-the-job training and enables schools to use apprenticeship funding (their apprenticeship levy) to cover the tuition fees.
As an apprentice, you would be employed as an Unqualified Teacher by your placement school for the duration of your training. Therefore, to be ready for an apprenticeship, you must have already secured employment or come to an agreement with a school who want to employ you and support you throughout your training year.
Offered for primary (both the 3-7 and 5-11 age range), our Post Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship leads to the award of Qualified Teacher Status at the end of the 12-month course. Candidates can elect to also take the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) for an additional charge of £1,500.
The PGTA route is ideal for confident individuals with significant classroom experience who are seeking to further their careers in teaching; for this route you must have the support of an employing school before you apply.
Features of the Post Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship
- Receive a salary from your employing school
- Award of QTS and the Level 6 Post Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship
- Fees are paid through your school’s apprenticeship levy
- Option to take the PGCE (£1,500 paid by the apprentice, not the apprenticeship levy)
- More responsibilities for teaching the class than the tuition-fee routes
- Requires prior experience and an employing school to apply
- Two placements within our local partnership schools
- Support of an experienced mentor
- Weekly off-the-job training
- 12 month course (July – July) with End-Point Assessment in the term after qualifying
If you are interested in this route into teaching, please contact us via scitt@cvpa.school or call us on 01494 535564 (option 3).
Please note that this route is only open to those in possession of a degree. Additionally, availability of apprenticeships depends on schools having a suitable positions available.
We welcome enquiries from schools interested in hosting an apprentice.