Trainees

Start Your Journey to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with Grad2Teach

At Grad2Teach, we believe that talent and potential are just as important as experience. Our mission is to help High-Potential Graduates and career changers find a route into teaching that works for them — supported, structured, and fully salaried from day one.

Through our unique two-phase programme, you’ll gain hands-on classroom experience, tailored professional development, and a clear pathway to your QTS qualification — while earning a salary and building confidence along the way.

We offer three flexible routes to QTS, depending on your needs and background:

  • PGCE with QTS: A university-led qualification combined with salaried school-based training.
  • Teaching Apprenticeship: A salaried training route fully funded through the Apprenticeship Levy.
  • Assessment Only Route (AOR): For experienced staff ready to evidence their teaching competency and gain QTS quickly.

With a 100% pass rate for our trainees completing their PGCEs through our university partners, we know how to help you succeed.

Your Grad2Teach Journey

Step 1: Initial Consultation

Speak with us about your qualifications, ambitions, and possible routes into teaching. We'll advise you on next steps and potential pathways.

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Step 2: Application and Assessment

Complete a short application, literacy and numeracy tasks, and an assessment call to confirm your readiness for training.

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Step 3: Placement and Phase One

We match you to a supportive school. In Phase One, you build teaching skills through Foundation, Application, and Assessment terms, at a manageable pace.

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Step 4: Phase Two and QTS

Move into your chosen ITT route — PGCE, Apprenticeship, or AOR — teaching independently and working toward full qualification with expert Grad2Teach support.

Choose Your Path to Teaching

PGCE: Earn a university-recognised qualification alongside QTS.

Teaching Apprenticeship: Fully funded, salaried school-based training.

Assessment Only (AOR): For experienced candidates ready to gain QTS through practice-based assessment.

Training Opportunities

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Trainee English Teacher

Crowthorne
Berkshire
£22,000 - £28,000
Are you an English graduate or aspiring teacher looking for a salaried route into the profession? Do you have classroom experience and want to build a rewarding career inspiring young people through English? Grad2Teach is recruiting on behalf of a successful and inclusive secondary school in Berkshire, seeking a Phase One Trainee English Teacher to join its dedicated English department. This is an exciting opportunity to begin a salaried teacher training programme, gaining hands-on classroom experience while completing a recognised Level 4 qualification. As a Phase One Trainee Teacher, you will work alongside experienced English teachers, supporting the delivery of engaging lessons across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, with opportunities to gain experience at Key Stage 5 where appropriate. You will help students develop their reading, writing, speaking, and analytical skills while gradually taking on greater responsibility for lesson planning, teaching, assessment, and classroom management. This graduate teaching role offers a structured pathway to becoming a qualified English teacher while earning a salary from day one.

Trainee English Teacher

Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
£22,000 - £28,000
Are you an English graduate with teaching experience who is ready to inspire the next generation of readers, writers, and critical thinkers? Would you like to earn a salary while training to become a qualified English teacher? Grad2Teach is recruiting on behalf of a successful and ambitious secondary academy in Cambridgeshire, seeking a Phase One Trainee English Teacher to join its dedicated English department. This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring teacher to gain extensive classroom experience while completing a structured salaried teacher training programme and working towards Qualified Teacher Status. As a Phase One Trainee Teacher, you will support the delivery of engaging English lessons across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, with opportunities to contribute to Key Stage 5 where appropriate. Working alongside experienced colleagues, you will develop your skills in lesson planning, behaviour management, assessment, and curriculum delivery while helping students develop confidence in reading, writing, speaking, and literature. Through Grad2Teach's structured programme, you will complete a recognised Level 4 qualification, gain invaluable classroom experience, and prepare for progression into Phase Two and a PGCE.

Trainee English Teacher

Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
£22,000 - £28,000
As a Phase One Trainee Teacher, you will support the delivery of engaging English lessons across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, with opportunities to develop experience across additional key stages where appropriate. Working alongside experienced teachers, you will help students develop their reading, writing, speaking, and analytical skills while building your own confidence in lesson planning, behaviour management, assessment, and curriculum delivery. Through Grad2Teach's structured programme, you will complete a recognised Level 4 qualification, gain extensive classroom experience, and prepare for progression into Phase Two and a PGCE.

Trainee Physics Teacher

Surrey
Greater London
£22,000 - £28,000
Grad2Teach is recruiting on behalf of an outstanding and high-achieving girls' secondary school with a thriving sixth form in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, seeking a Phase One Trainee Physics Teacher. This is an exceptional opportunity for an aspiring secondary teacher to join a school renowned for academic excellence while completing a structured salaried teacher training programme.

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