From 3rd October 2023 the ‘Apply’ teacher training web portal opens for applications and the 2023/24 recruitment cycle, will be published on ‘Find‘ postgraduate teacher training.

Course Codes and Application Queries

Finding further information

if you are interested in finding out detailed information on our ITT courses:

• Access the ‘Find‘ web portal and enter ‘Forest Learning Alliance‘ in the ‘search by University or other training provider‘ field.
• Next, select ‘Primary‘
• Then indicate which specialisms you wish to study – tick all that apply.

Your results will then be returned on the screen

Making your application

if you want to progress on to making an application:

Access the ‘Apply‘ web portal and create an account (or log in if you already have one)

Apply using one of the following course codes –

For questions about the programme or application process, please contact Liz Lord | llord@uplandsberkshire.org | 01252 873069

Successful applicants will be offered an interview at one of our schools where they will:

• be interviewed by a Headteacher and a school representative
• be observed working with a group of children
• complete an oral presentation on a topic of their choice.

Following success at interview, an ITT placement will be offered within one of our partner schools.

UK qualifications

https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/eligibility-for-teacher-training

ITT offers a unique training route to achieving qualified teacher status (QTS or PGCE with QTS) and aims to attract the highest quality candidates. To apply for a place, you must have:

• A UK undergraduate honours degree or a recognised equivalent qualification
• A GCSE grade C/4 or above (equivalency test accepted) in English Language and mathematics
• A GCSE grade C/4 or above (equivalency test accepted) in a science

Overseas qualifications

If you studied outside of the UK, you should visit the UK ENIC – the UK National Information Centre for the recognition and evaluation of international qualifications and skills website to find out whether your qualifications are of an equivalent level to UK GCSEs, A levels and an undergraduate degree.

Following the UK’s departure from the European Union, the UK NARIC recognition agency function must change from a NARIC (which is an EU-only title) to an ENIC (the wider European title for national recognition agencies), to meet the UK’s continuing treaty obligations under the Lisbon Recognition Convention. Therefore, on 1 March 2021, the UK NARIC agency title becomes UK ENIC, operated and managed by Ecctis Limited.