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The University of Buckingham prides itself as one of the UK's leading providers of Qualified Teachers Status (QTS). The Assessment Only Route to Qualified Teacher Status is a fast-track route (maximum 12 weeks) to gain Qualified Teacher Status for teachers with two or more years' teaching experience.
Qualified Teacher Status is the United Kingdom's professional accreditation for teaching. In the recent years, many internationally based UK schools have also began requiring their teachers to hold QTS to ensure good teaching standard in their classrooms.
Applications are welcome from teachers, who do not already hold Qualified Teacher Status and are currently teaching at a school in China, providing they meet the necessary criteria.
Qualifying Schools may be public or independent, however, in addition to the Chinese National Curriculum (where applicable), the schools must be following either UK or IB curriculum and the lessons following UK/IB curriculum should be conducted in English.
Please note that due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and difficulties surrounding international travel, we are currently unable to confirm the starting date of the next QTS Assessment Course for China.
The AO Route to Qualified Teacher Status:
Assessment of the candidate's application, which may include a request to supply additional information.
Two assessment days at the candidate's school.
The Initial Assessment Day will judge whether the candidate is likely to meet all of the QTS Teachers' Standards within a maximum 12-week period without any further training. The Final Assessment Day will take place within 12 weeks from the Initial Assessment and will determine whether the candidate meets all of the Teachers' Standards.
In order to assess many of the criteria for the award of QTS, during the initial assessment day the Tutor will interview the candidate, hold meetings with the candidate’s line manager, mentor and the school's professional tutor, conduct at least 3 lesson observations and will scrutinize the candidate's planning, marking, report writing and professional development.
Producing and submitting Teaching & Learning File (TLF).
This serves as a portfolio of evidence in support of the candidate's application for passing the Teachers' Standards.