If you want to get into teaching but don't have a degree, you have a few different options:
- Undergraduate degree with QTS
- Future Teaching Scholars
- Study any undergraduate degree followed by a postgraduate teacher training course
We've broken down the different options in more detail below.
Undergraduate degree with QTS
This is a university-led option, which means that the training is based at a university, but you'll still undertake at least two placements in schools. At the end of the course (usually three years), you'll be recommended for Qualified Teacher Status. Find out more about QTS
You can undertake a BEd (Bachelor of Education) with QTS, which is a popular route for primary teachers as there is less focus on subject specialism. If you want to teach secondary, you could study for a BA or BSc with QTS. In your first year, you usually focus on your subject knowledge for the subject you wish to teach, and then concentrate on gaining school experience in your second and third years.
Future Teaching Scholars
This is a scholarship programme for those without a degree who would like to teach Maths or Physics. You need to have an offer to study a three-year Maths- or Physics-related degree at an English university, and if your application to the programme is successful, you'll receive a £15k grant while you study. After that, you'll start teaching in a school and be paid an unqualified teacher's salary while you complete your initial teacher training. For the fifth and sixth years, you'll continue to be employed in a state school as a Maths or Physics teacher, but receiving a qualified teacher's salary. You can find out more on their website.
Study any undergraduate degree followed by a postgraduate teacher training course
Alternatively, you could choose to study a subject at university that you really enjoy (bearing in mind that it should be closely related to the subject you want to teach, if you're teaching secondary), and then undertake a postgraduate teacher training course such as United Teaching once you've graduated.
Still not sure which route to take? Feel free to get in touch with team below for further advice:
