Get qualified teacher status through an 'assessment only' programme

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.

Teachers from outside the UK

If you have experience of teaching outside the UK, some training providers will let you apply for an assessment only QTS without visiting or training in England.

See the training providers who offer assessment only QTS to international teachers.

Select the region of the provider

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

Essex and Thames SCITT
Name: Fran Attwood
Telephone: 01268 570215
Email: Fran@etpscitt.co.uk

Essex Teacher Training

Name: Kay Satchell
Email: kay.satchell@essexteachertraining.co.uk

Mid Essex Initial Teacher Training
Name: Keith Ferguson
Telephone: 01376 556398
Email: ao@midessexteachertraining.com

Newlands Spring Primary School Academy Trust (Essex Primary SCITT)
Name: Fiona Willett
Telephone: 0738885808
Email: fiona@essexprimaryscitt.co.uk

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

North Essex Teacher Training (NETT)
Telephone: 01255431949
Email: teach@nett.org.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: Claire Mott
Telephone: 01487 833707
Email: cmott@campartnership.org

The Shire Foundation

Name: Julie Darmody
Telephone: 01582 522121
Email: jdarmody@shirefoundation.co.uk

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

University of Hertfordshire
Name: AO Administration Team
Telephone: 01707 286300
Email: AOenquiries@herts.ac.uk

East Midlands

Bishop Grosseteste University
Name: Enquiries Team
Telephone: 01522 583658
Email: enquiries@bishopg.ac.uk

CfBT Education Trust SCITT

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

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

Lincolnshire SCITT
Name: Angela Murphy
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: Aneesa Akhtar
Email: AO@derby.ac.uk

Greater London

2Schools Consortium
Name: Isabella Mora
Telephone: 0208 807 6906
Email: training@oakthorpe.enfield.sch.uk

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

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

Henry Maynard Training E17
Name: Clare Hunton
Telephone: 0208 5203142
Email: training@henrymaynard.waltham.sch.uk

London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS)
Name: Galia Segal
Telephone: 020 8203 6427
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: 0207 133 2983
Email: m.dominguez@londonmet.ac.uk

London South Bank University
Name: Andrew Read
Telephone: 0207 815 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: 0208 2404326
Email: ao@stmarys.ac.uk

Teaching London: LDBS SCITT

Name: Saskia Rossi
Telephone: 0207 932 1126
Email: admin@teachinglondon.org

The Havering Teacher Training Partnership
Name: Liz Connell
Telephone: 01708 255006
Email: http@hallmeadschool.com

The Pimlico-London SCITT
Email: info@futuretraining.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

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: Samantha Buckley
Telephone: 0161 973 1179 (ext 2229)
Email: SamanthaBuckley@thedeantrust.co.uk

Cumbria Teacher Training
Email: scittlead@ctt.ac.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

North Manchester ITT Partnership
Name: Carrie Carvell
Telephone: 0161 202 0161
Email: teachertraining@mca.manchester.sch.uk

Star Teachers SCITT

Name: Felicity Ackroyd
Telephone: 0330 313 9876
Email: felicity.ackroyd@staracademies.org

University of Chester
Name: Jenn Simmonds
Email: j.simmonds@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

Bourton Meadow Initial Teacher Training Centre

Name: Helen Byrom
Telephone: 01280 823374
Email: hbyrom@bucksgfl.org.uk

Canterbury Christ Church University

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

e-Qualitas
Name: Vivien Johnston
Email: vivien@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

Thamesmead SCITT

Name: Claire Lane
Telephone: 01932 219412
Email: c.lane@thamesmead.surrey.sch.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: Nikki Mugford
Telephone: 01280 820219
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
Name: Marc Jacobs
Telephone: 0118 378 2672
Email: m.l.jacobs@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
Email: a.harper@sjb.surrey.sch.uk

South West

Cornwall School Centred Initial Teacher Training (Cornwall SCITT)
Name: Julie Bennett
Telephone: 01872 267092
Email: juliebennett@truro-penwith.ac.uk

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

Somerset SCITT Consortium
Email: CLeoni@somerset.gov.uk

The Learning Institute South West SCITT
Name: Ania Glowczynska
Telephone: 01726 891 745
Email: info@learninginstitute.co.uk

Wessex Schools Training Partnership

Name: Mike Petrus
Telephone: 01202 662044
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
Name: Tricia Locker
Telephone: 01782 432538
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: Lee Parsell
Telephone: 01274 088 368
Email: l.parsell@bradfordcollege.ac.uk

GORSE SCITT

Name: Stephen McKenzie
Telephone: 01134871777
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: Mikki Burns
Telephone: 0203 194 3200
Email: institute@tesglobal.com

International

The following providers offer assessment only QTS to international teachers. You will not have to visit or train in England, but you may be assessed at your place of work by an examiner from your teaching training provider. Contact the training provider directly to ask them about entry criteria and how to apply.

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
Telephone: 07425 555142
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: TI Enrolment team
Telephone: +44 (0)203 194 3000
Email: institute@tesglobal.com

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