Assessment only QTS providers

If you have a degree and enough classroom experience, you may be able to get qualified teacher status (QTS) through a 12-week assessment only (AO) programme.

The accredited teacher training providers listed on this page offer the AO programme. Contact them directly to ask them about entry criteria and to apply.

Fees range from about £1,500 to £4,000, but vary between providers so it’s best to check with them directly for more information.

If you’re a non-UK citizen, see training providers who offer assessment only qualified teacher status to international teachers.

Assessment only training providers by region

East of England

BEC Teacher Training
Name: Fiona Manby
Telephone: 01268 477611 (extn 471)
Email: fiona@billericayscitt.com

Chiltern Training Group SCITT
Name: Karen Bateman
Telephone: 01582 599921
Email: kbateman@challneyboys.luton.sch.uk

Educate Group Initial Teacher Training
Name: Claire King
Telephone: 01476 512793
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk

Essex and Thames SCITT
Name: Anna Spencer
Telephone: 01268 988580
Email: anna@ete.org.uk

Mid Essex Initial Teacher Training
Name: Steve Fox
Telephone: 01376 556398
Email: admin@midessexteachertraining.com

Norfolk Teacher Training Centre
Name: Jacqui Waring
Telephone: 01603 773708
Email: jacqui.waring@ccn.ac.uk

The Pilgrim Partnership

Name: Bev Collier
Telephone: 01234 907896
Email: bcollier@pilgrimpartnership.org

Suffolk and Norfolk ITT
Name: Lucinda James
Telephone: 01473 265077
Email: enquiries@suffolkandnorfolkscitt.co.uk

The Bedfordshire Schools Training Partnership
Name: David Goode
Telephone: 01462 817445
Email: office@bedsscitt.org.uk

The Cambridge Partnership
Name: Jackie Atkin
Telephone: 01234 907896
Email: jatkin@pilgrimpartnership.org

University of Bedfordshire
Name: Bedford Admissions
Telephone: 01234 793279
Email: admission@beds.ac.uk

University of Hertfordshire
Name: AO Administration Team
Email: AOenquiries@herts.ac.uk

East Midlands

CfBT Education Trust SCITT

Name: Julie Woolley
Telephone: 07919 568841
Email: jwoolley@cfbt.com

Educate Group Initial Teacher Training
Name: Claire King
Telephone: 01476 512793
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk

Lincolnshire SCITT
Name: Nicki Shore
Telephone: 01522 889297
Email: scittenquiries@prioryacademies.co.uk

Nottingham Trent University
Name: Admissions team
Telephone: 0115 848 4200
Email: applications@ntu.ac.uk

The Grand Union Training Partnership
Name: Kate Martin
Telephone: 01327 350284 ext. 251
Email: gutprecruitment@sponne.org.uk

University of Derby
Name: Charlotte Bray
Email: AO@derby.ac.uk

Greater London

2Schools Consortium
Name: Isabella Mora
Telephone: 020 8807 6906
Email: training@oakthorpe.enfield.sch.uk

Bromley Schools’ Collegiate
Name: Derek Boyle
Telephone: 020 8300 6566
Email: Administrator@gradteach.co.uk

Future Teacher Training
Email: enquiries@scitt.futureacademies.org

Goldsmiths, University of London
Name: Lynsey Salt
Telephone: 020 7717 2245
Email: ao@gold.ac.uk

Henry Maynard Training E17
Name: Clare Hunton
Telephone: 020 8520 3142
Email: training@henrymaynard.waltham.sch.uk

London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS)
Name: Galia Segal
Email: galia.segal@lsjs.ac.uk

Kingston University
Name: Marcus Bhargava
Telephone: 020 8417 4766
Email: aoenquiries@kingston.ac.uk

London Metropolitan University
Name: Maria Dominguez
Telephone: 020 7133 2983
Email: assessmentQTS@londonmet.ac.uk

London South Bank University
Name: Andrew Read
Telephone: 020 7815 5444
Email: qtsao@lsbu.ac.uk

Middlesex University

Telephone: 020 8411 5555
Email: enquiries@mdx.ac.uk

St Mary’s University
Name: Elizabeth Jackson
Telephone: 020 8240 4326
Email: ao@stmarys.ac.uk

Teaching London: LDBS SCITT
Name: Saskia Rossi
Telephone: 020 7932 1126
Email: admin@teachinglondon.org

The Havering Teacher Training Partnership
Name: Liz Connell
Telephone: 01708 255006
Email: admin@haveringteachertraining.co.uk

The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) SCITT
Name: Jo Fogg
Telephone: 020 3740 1808 (option 1)
Email: scitt@tkat.org

University of East London
Name: Bryce Wilby
Telephone: 020 8223 6372
Email: b.wilby@uel.ac.uk

University of Greenwich

Name: Enquiry Unit
Telephone: 020 8331 9000
Email: courseinfo@gre.ac.uk

Wandsworth Primary Schools’ Consortium
Name: Sam Steward
Telephone: 020 8772 9528
Email: ssteward@scitt.wandsworth.sch.uk

North East

Carmel Teacher Training Partnership (CTTP)
Name: Marielle Thonnart
Telephone: 01325 254525
Email: thonnartm@carmel.bhcet.org.uk

Durham University

Email: ed.ite@durham.ac.uk

Educate Group Initial Teacher Training
Name: Claire King
Telephone: 01476 512793
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk

Stockton-on-Tees Teacher Training Partnership
Name: Kirsten Webber
Telephone: 01642 527675
Email: scitt@stockton.gov.uk

University of Sunderland
Name: Jill Wilkinson
Telephone: 0191 5153099
Email: jill.wilkinson@sunderland.ac.uk

North West

Ashton on Mersey SCITT
Name: Karen Craven
Telephone: 0161 973 1179 (ext 2289)
Email: karencraven@thedeantrust.co.uk

Educate Group Initial Teacher Training
Name: Claire King
Telephone: 01476 512793
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk

Kingsbridge EIP SCITT

Name: Gail Thomson
Telephone: 01942 510712 ext 500
Email: g.thomson@kingsbridgeeip.co.uk

Mersey Boroughs ITT Partnership
Name: Gill Makin
Telephone: 0151 443 2663
Email: merseyboroughsitt@knowsley.gov.uk

University of Chester
Name: Jane Bulkeley
Email: qtsonlyroute@chester.ac.uk

University of Cumbria
Name: Ian Todd
Email: qtsdirect@cumbria.ac.uk

South East

Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training / Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Name: Stephanie Rodgers
Telephone: 01494 787573
Email: sro@challoners.org

Boleyn Trust
Email: elascitt@tollgate.boleyntrust.org

Canterbury Christ Church University

Name: Keith Saunders
Telephone: 01227 925555
Email: pgadmissions@canterbury.ac.uk

e-Qualitas
Name: Helen Gregory
Email: helen.gregory@e-Qualitas.co.uk

George Abbot SCITT
Name: Joanna Jones
Telephone: 01483 888070
Email: contactscitt@georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk

GLF Schools’ Teacher Training
Name: Helen Shaw
Telephone: 0208 716 4934
Email: info@glftt.org

Kent and Medway Training
Email: polly.butterfield-tracey@kmtraining.org.uk

Oxford Brookes University

Name: Lorna Shires
Email: assessment-only-qts@brookes.ac.uk

Surrey South Farnham SCITT

Name: Eukaria Finch
Telephone: 01252 717408
Email: scitt@sfet.org.uk

The Buckingham Partnership
Name: Laura Whitty
Telephone: 01280 827 377
Email: lwhitty@royallatin.org

The Grand Union Training Partnership
Name: Kate Martin
Telephone: 01327 350284 ext. 251
Email: gutprecruitment@sponne.org.uk

The Tommy Flowers SCITT
Name: Catherine Brown (senior administrator)
Telephone: 01908 505030
Email: brownc@denbigh.net

The University of Buckingham
Name: Bethany Kelly
Telephone: 01280 820222
Email: education@buckingham.ac.uk

Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership
Name: Sarah Hand
Telephone: 01908 533284
Email: info@mkitt.co.uk

University of Chichester
Email: ao@chi.ac.uk

University of Reading
Telephone: 0118 378 2672
Email: vrs17a3@reading.ac.uk

University of Sussex
Name: Mike Lambert
Email: mike.lambert@sussex.ac.uk

University of Winchester
Name: Keith Smith
Email: ao@winchester.ac.uk

West Berkshire Training Partnership

Name: Emmeline Bird
Telephone: 01635 42155
Email: admin@itt-westberks.org

Xavier Catholic Education Trust
Name: Joanna Crome
Email: j.crome@xaviercet.org.uk
Telephone: 01932 578682

South West

Cornwall School Centred Initial Teacher Training (Cornwall SCITT)
Name: Lex Blake
Telephone: 01872 305728
Email: scitt@truro-penwith.ac.uk

Mid Somerset Consortium for Teacher Training
Name: Sarah Lewis
Telephone: 01458 449418
Email: office@mscitt.org.uk

Somerset SCITT Consortium
Name: Julie Walker
Telephone: 0300 123 1967
Email: JLWalker@somerset.gov.uk

South West Teacher Training
Name: Carrie McMillan
Telephone: 01392 686165
Email: swtt@westexe.devon.sch.uk

Wessex Schools Training Partnership

Name: Claire Porter
Telephone: 01202 662038
Email: WSTP@poolehigh.poole.sch.uk

West Midlands

Birmingham City University
Name: Programme Leader
Telephone: 0121 331 4627
Email: assessmentonlyqts@bcu.ac.uk

Haybridge Alliance SCITT
Email: tforward@haybridge.worcs.sch.uk

Keele and North Staffordshire Teacher Education
Telephone: 01782 432537
Email: ao@knste-shaw.org.uk

St. Joseph's College Stoke Secondary Partnership
Email: schater@stjosephsmail.com

Staffordshire University
Name: Jayne Bartrop
Telephone: 01782 295977
Email: J.Bartrop@staffs.ac.uk

The Coventry SCITT
Email: info@coventryscitt.org.uk

The National School of Education and Teaching, Coventry University

Name: Carol Rowntree
Telephone: 01327 850320
Email: NSET@coventry.ac.uk

The OAKS (Ormiston and Keele SCITT)

Name: Rob Tweats
Telephone: 01782 734332
Email: r.tweats@keele.ac.uk

Titan Partnership Ltd
Name: Sean Bates
Telephone: 0121 607 1930
Email: sean.bates@titan.org.uk

University College Birmingham
Name: Dr. Marj Jeavons
Email: m.jeavons@ucb.ac.uk

University of Warwick
Name: CTE Admissions and Enrolment Team
Email: cte.admissions@warwick.ac.uk

University of Wolverhampton – primary
Email: AOPrimary@wlv.ac.uk

University of Wolverhampton – secondary
Email: AOSecondary@wlv.ac.uk

West Midlands Consortium
Name: Su Plant
Telephone: 01952 200000
Email: ssplant@ttsonline.net

Yorkshire and the Humber

Bradford College
Name: Julian White
Telephone: 01274 088 368
Email: j.white@bradfordcollege.ac.uk

Educate Group Initial Teacher Training
Name: Claire King
Telephone: 01476 512793
Email: aor@educate-group.co.uk

GORSE SCITT
Name: Emma Worrincy
Telephone: 0113 487 1777
Email: info@gorsescitt.org.uk

Leeds Trinity University

Name: Admissions
Telephone: 0113 283 7123
Email: admissions@leedstrinity.ac.uk

North Lincolnshire SCITT Partnership

Name: Jo Leedham
Telephone: 01724 297950
Email: jo.leedham@northlincs.gov.uk

The Sheffield SCITT
Email: admin@sheffieldscitt.org.uk

Three Counties Alliance SCITT
Name: Rebecca Turner-Loisel
Telephone: 01977 657604
Email: ytca@minsthorpe.cc

University of Hull
Name: Initial Teacher Education Partners
Email: FACE-ITEPartners@hull.ac.uk

Yorkshire and Humber Teacher Training
Name: Chris Fletcher
Telephone: 01482 349611
Email: cfletcher@yhtt.co.uk

National

TES Institute
Name: Andrew Locke
Telephone: 020 3194 3200
Email: institute@tesglobal.com

Non-UK

Teachers outside the UK who do not have a teaching qualification, but meet the eligibility requirements for assessment only QTS, can apply to be assessed by an English teacher training provider.

You will not have to visit or train in England. However, you will need to be assessed at your place of work by an examiner from your teaching training provider. Your teacher training provider can explain what type of school you must be working in to undergo assessment only QTS.

Fees may be substantially more than £4,000 if you’re outside the UK. Check with individual providers for more details.

Assessment only training providers cannot give you advice about:

Apply for QTS in England

Teachers outside the UK with a teaching qualification may be eligible to apply for QTS in England.

Learn more about the qualifications and experience you’ll need to get QTS using this service.

Teach in England

Learn more about working in England if you’re a teacher from outside the UK.

University of Sunderland
Name: Ian Elliott
Telephone: 0191 515 2159
Email: ian.elliott@sunderland.ac.uk

Educational Success Partners (ESP)
Name: Mark Bignell
Email: mark@espeducation.co.uk

Buckingham International School of Education
Name: Admissions Team
Telephone: +86 135 2015 3752
Email: admissions@bise.org

TES Institute (International)
Name: Andrew Locke
Telephone: 020 3194 3200
Email: institute@tesglobal.com

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