About our courses

All our initial teacher training courses lead to QTS (Qualified Teacher Status).

Routes into teaching

Teach West London’s ITT courses are all for post graduate entry into teaching, therefore applicants will need to either be in the final year of their undergraduate degree or already graduated.

With Teach West London there are 2 routes into teaching:

• Postgraduate non-salaried (fee funded) – on this route, applicants must pay course fees and will not earn a salary whilst training to teach. Applicants can apply for a student loan, regardless of if they have had one for other postgraduate training. Applicants may be eligible for a scholarship or bursary to train to teach certain secondary subjects.
• Postgraduate salaried (employment based) – on this route, applicants will be employed by a school. Their QTS course fees will be paid by the employing school, although the applicant may be required to pay for their PGCE fees, if they opt to do this. Salaried courses are more suited for applicants who are already working as unqualified teachers or teaching assistants.

The Postgraduate Certificate in Education

Teach West London has partnered with St Mary’s University to offer the PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education). This amounts to 60 Master’s Level credits, which is the equivalent of one third of an MA, and can be add to subsequently. Applicants have the option of applying for QTS only courses or QTS & PGCE, if they meet the entry requirements for the PGCE.

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Courses

Teach West London are offering the following initial teacher training courses for both QTS only and QTS & PGCE. All these courses will be offered on the non-salaried (fee-funded) pathway and some will be also offered on the salaried pathway (salaried pathways are subject to the vacancies that our placement schools offer).

More information can be found in How to Apply.

To view each course that is available, click on DfE Find Find postgraduate teacher training courses - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), our ITT provider code is 1KV (Teach West London Teaching School Hub).

• View a full list and map of our ITT Placement Schools here.
• Find out which Placement schools offer your chosen course/subject here.

Primary courses

• Primary 5 to 11
• Primary SEND (for those wanting to train in a Special School)

Secondary courses

Secondary Art	Secondary Music
Secondary Business Studies	Secondary PE
Secondary Computing	Secondary PE with Ebacc
Secondary Drama	Secondary RE
Secondary English	Secondary Science - Biology
Secondary Geography	Secondary Science - Chemistry
Secondary History	Secondary Science - Physics
Secondary Maths	Secondary Social Science - Sociology
Secondary MFL - French	Secondary Social Science – Psychology
Secondary MFL - German
Secondary MFL - Spanish

 

We asked teachers in our West London schools what inspired them to teach their subject or learning phase. This is what they said…

Fees

Teach West London course fees for QTS and QTS with PGCE are as follows:

QTS + PGCE £8950

QTS only £7950

Bursaries and scholarships

There are tax-free training bursaries and scholarships available via the non-salaried route for some secondary subjects, alongside student loan maintenance support. For trainees applying in 2024/25, these are:

Subject	Bursary	Scholarship
Art & Design	£10,000	£0
Biology	£25,000	£0
Chemistry	£28,000	£30,000
Computing	£28,000	£30,000
Design & Technology	£25,000	£0
English	£10,000	£0
Geography	£25,000	£0
Languages	£25,000	£27,000 (French, German and Spanish only)
Maths	£28,000	£30,000
Music	£10,000	£0
Physics	£28,000	£30,000
RE	£10,000	£0

Applicants may be eligible for a bursary if they have a 1st, 2:1, 2:2, PhD or master’s.

The DfE-funded scholarships are available to high calibre candidates who pass a robust application and interview process, and are awarded instead of a bursary. 

For more detailed funding information, visit the DfE website.

Additional payments for teachers

Interested in teaching sciences, mathematics, computing or languages? See the further benefits of getting into teaching below:

Early Career payments. If you teach mathematics, physics, chemistry or languages you may be eligible for a £2,000 payment 2 years after gaining QTS.

The levelling up premium payment ranges from £1,500 to £3,000, depending on the school you teach in. This is currently available to teachers of chemistry, physics, mathematics and computing on gaining QTS.

Claim back your student loan: Eligible biology, chemistry, physics, computing and languages teachers can now claim back student loan repayments.

These are the additional payments available currently – who knows what might be on offer when you become qualified! But it gives you an idea of the possible added financial benefits of pursuing a career in teaching.

For further information please click here.