Teachers will spend more time outside of normal hours, planning lessons, marking work and also taking part in activities, such as parents' evenings and outings. Teachers normally work 39 weeks a year split over three school terms.
You will have your own classroom, although you may teach elsewhere in the school to cover staff shortages or specialist subjects. You would organise the classroom and learning resources and create displays to encourage a positive learning environment. Discover my route. Top skills Here are some of the skills needed for this job. Sign in to see how your skills match up. Use the Skills Explorer tool. Getting in Related careers More information.
Getting in Entry requirements for courses can change. Useful subjects Higher English required National 5 Maths required Languages Science subjects Social studies such as psychology Expressive subjects like art, drama or music Gaelic is required for some courses. You must normally have studied at least two of the following subjects in your degree or elsewhere: Science Social studies Expressive arts Religious and moral education Technology Modern foreign languages.
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Teacher - Secondary School - Religious Education. Teacher - Secondary School - Physics. Teacher - Secondary School - Music. Teacher - Secondary School - Modern Studies. Teacher - Secondary School - Modern Languages. Teacher - Secondary School - Mathematics. Teacher - Secondary School - Home Economics. Teacher - Secondary School - History. Primary schools in Northern Ireland following the Northern Ireland curriculum are generally divided into: Foundation Stage - years one and two ages four to six Key Stage 1 - years three and four ages six to eight Key Stage 2 - years five to seven ages 8 to Primary schools in Scotland following the Curriculum for Excellence - CfE are usually divided into: Nursery and P1 - primary ages four to five P - primary ages six to eight P - primary ages 9 to Enhanced pay scales apply for teachers working in or near London.
After gaining experience and expertise, there are opportunities to move up into the role of lead practitioner in England and Wales. In Scotland there are opportunities to move into chartered and then principal teacher roles. Academies, free schools and independent schools set their own pay and working conditions. Income figures are intended as a guide only. Working hours Hours vary between schools but are usually from 8. What to expect Primary teachers are usually based in their own classrooms, although they may teach elsewhere in the school to cover staff shortages or because of their specialist subject area.
Resources vary between schools. Teaching posts are available in all areas, although there are more jobs in towns and cities than in rural areas. Certain areas of work, such as nursery or special needs, are only available in some schools. Men are currently underrepresented as teachers in primary schools. Qualifications To work as a primary school teacher in a maintained school England and Wales , you must have a degree and achieve qualified teacher status QTS by completing a period of initial teacher training ITT , initial teacher education ITE in Wales.
However, if you already have a degree, you can gain QTS in a number of ways. These include: Postgraduate Certificate in Education PGCE - available at many universities, colleges of higher education and teacher training led by schools. Salaried teacher training - options for receiving on-the-job training while earning a salary include postgraduate teaching apprenticeships , School Direct salaried , Teach First for graduates with a or above and the salaried PGCE delivered by The Open University, Wales Wales only.
Skills To be a primary school teacher, you'll need: excellent communication and interpersonal abilities good organisational and time-management skills energy, enthusiasm, stamina, patience, dedication, resilience and self-discipline initiative, leadership and supervisory skills and teamworking abilities imagination, creativity and a sense of humour good judgement and an analytical mind a satisfactory health record and criminal record check.
It's helpful if you have additional skills in areas such as: art community drama IT modern languages music sport. Work experience Training providers expect you to have some school experience with the age group you want to teach, and having experience in a classroom will help you make a strong application. A post as a teaching assistant could also give you valuable experience. Get experience of working with children in other ways too such as: mentoring summer play schemes summer camps Rainbows, Brownies, Beavers, Cubs supplementary and mother-tongue schools.
Employers Many primary school teachers work in state schools, which receive funding either from the local authority LA or directly from government.
These include: community schools also known as LA maintained schools - follow the national curriculum foundation schools and voluntary schools - funded by the LA but have more control over how they do things and may be supported by religious groups free schools - funded by government on a not-for-profit basis but aren't run by the LA and don't have to follow the national curriculum academies - receive funding directly from the government, are independent from the LA and are run by an academy trust with more freedom and the option to follow a different curriculum grammar schools - run by either the LA, a foundation body or an academy trust pupils are selected based on academic ability.
Tes Jobs local authority websites. Professional development NQTs in England and Wales must serve an induction period, normally of one year. Topics often covered include: curriculum issues target setting and assessment special needs subject leadership pastoral care new initiatives technology.
Professional qualifications for school managers are also available. Career prospects Career progression may be through a specialist curriculum or pastoral role, or by moving into management. Some teachers move out of schools and into further or higher education or other related jobs, such as: education officer - often employed at museums, art galleries and zoos examination board administration local education authority work Ofsted inspection teacher training.
There are some opportunities for self-employment. These include: private tutoring, including franchise opportunities writing educational materials running out-of-school clubs in art, dance, music, sport or a foreign language running a small private school.
Because of these benefits, places are limited and competition for them is high. Of the various apprenticeships, the Teach First programme is perhaps the most well-known and popular. Apprentices train for two years to achieve Qualified Teacher Status. While it's not the quickest or necessarily the easiest route into teaching, many superb primary teachers have trained while working as teaching assistants or in other school roles, studying part-time over several years.
On a personal note, some of the best teachers I have ever known and worked with have achieved QTS in this way — some of whom did not even have the required GCSEs when they started!
Their hard work and tenacity showed in the quality of their teaching when they finally finished training. Enhanced background checks are required for those working with children. They involve checking to see if you have a criminal record including spent convictions, unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands — the lot, basically PLUS checking with local police to see if they have any information about you that's relevant to your role as a teacher.
These Disclosure and Barring Service DBS checks are rightly extensive: they are to determine if you are safe and trustworthy enough to work with young and vulnerable people. You will be required to have enhanced background checks during your initial teacher training as you will be frequently working in schools as you train. Once you have achieved Qualified Teacher Status and successfully applied for your first teaching job, your employer will conduct an enhanced background check, too.
New checks may be conducted by every new school you work in after training. Your Initial Teacher Training provider should provide information on the most appropriate form of background check to enable you to complete your training with them. Having completed your initial teacher education training via the routes described above, you will need to successfully teach in a school or an equivalent teaching job for at least three terms before you officially gain your Newly Qualified Teacher status NQT.
This means that even if you are unable to find a full-time role immediately after completing your initial teacher education training, you can take on supply work with a view to landing a role later on.
The NQT year is, for many teachers, the hardest year of their career! Check out our advice for maintaining some semblance of a work-life balance during your NQT year. However, your training and development will not stop there. Throughout your career as a primary school teacher you will be required to continue your professional development as a teacher to keep up to date with changes to the National Curriculum and the changing standards as set by the Department of Education.
By now you will hopefully be clued up on the different routes you can take, and the qualifications and experience you will need to becoming a primary school teacher. Follow our step-by-step guide to start your new career as a primary school teacher:. Do you have all the qualifications and in-school teaching experience to meet the minimum requirements to achieve your Qualified Teacher Status? You'll need to be able to pass an enhanced background check, too. If you do not currently have all of the teaching qualifications and experience required to become a primary teacher then you can start by applying for the relevant additional teaching training courses.
You can also register with education. They also have detailed information on the range of teacher training programmes available out there. Below, we have explained the options available to you and how you can become qualified to apply for primary school teacher jobs.
A primary school teacher, UK learners, must be degree educated. The most known qualification is a PGCE, or post-graduate certificate in education. However, this requires a degree to get on to the course. This is a perfectly acceptable route into teaching, and it gives you considerable freedom to pursue your academic interests at degree level.
Entry requirements vary from one university to another, however there are some essential qualifications you need ahead of applying. You can do this by studying online with learndirect. We provide a range of nationally recognised GCSE courses ideal for individuals who were unable to gain these qualifications at school.
Alternatively, you can study equivalent qualifications through Functional Skills courses. While universities are becoming more flexible, some qualifications are simply non-negotiable. This is because both the university and future employers need to know that you have the basic knowledge required to pass on to your pupils as a primary school teacher. Regardless, in most instances you will need 2 or 3 A Levels to be accepted onto a degree course.
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