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Eligible initial teacher training (ITT) providers can train postgraduate teaching apprentices.

The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship is an initial teacher training route leading to qualified teacher status (QTS).

These apprentices are trainee teachers employed by schools. They combine paid work with on and off-the-job training.

The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship will be inspected as part of your normal聽initial teacher education聽Ofsted inspection.

Candidates who want to use the Apply service to become a postgraduate teaching apprentice can find guidance on the .

There is separate guidance for聽employers and local authorities,聽on how to employ these apprentices.

Check if you鈥檙e eligible

Accredited providers are higher education institutes or school-centred initial teacher training providers, who have been accredited to offer ITT.

You can only provide the training if you are on the聽apprenticeship provider and assessment register聽and also either:

• accredited by聽DfE聽to deliver聽ITT聽leading to QTS
• subcontracted to a provider that is accredited by聽DfE聽to deliver聽ITT聽leading to QTS

Plan the apprenticeship

Check that apprentices meet the聽ITT entry requirements before they start. These are the same as for other teacher training routes.

Before the apprentice starts, you must agree:

• the overall structure of the apprenticeship with the employer
• a training plan with the apprentice

Apprentices can start at any point in the academic year, but the apprenticeship must last for at least 9 months.

The apprentice must spend a minimum of 20% of their paid hours in off-the-job training. This is approximately 278 hours.

This includes developing the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours set out in the聽teachers鈥� standards.

Register trainee teachers

You must record teaching apprentices on聽.

Assess the apprentice

You must assess whether the apprentice has met the standards for QTS.

If so, make the award and enter the details on Register.

End point assessment

You must arrange the apprentice鈥檚 end-point assessment.

The apprentice must take this at the end of the training. This is to show their readiness to teach.

You will only get full payment when the apprentice has completed the end-point assessment.

The聽end-point assessment聽is carried out by an accredited聽ITT聽provider, who must:

• be separate from you or the employer
• have no other conflict of interest

鲍蝉别听 to find a list of聽organisations who can do this.

Advertise courses

Use to create courses and publish them to Find teacher training courses (Find).

Candidates can then use our Find and Apply services to search for courses, and apply to them.

If you鈥檙e already registered on Publish, you can list your courses using your聽.

You can also put an advert on Recruit an apprentice. It will not affect your funding if you do not do this.

Contact

贰尘补颈濒听ITT.engagement@education.gov.uk聽 to discuss the postgraduate teaching apprenticeship route.

贰尘补颈濒听becomingateacher@digital.education.gov.uk if you have any questions about advertising courses.