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For over 15 years, The Merseyside, Cheshire & Greater
Manchester Teacher Training Consortium has been
passionate about training quality teachers, and has trained
over 700 people to Newly Qualified Teacher status (QTS).

On the Assessment Only route, which is open to candidates from both
Primary and Secondary, we work with you, as an experienced
Unqualified Teacher, to help you achieve QTS. This route must be
completed within 3 months of acceptance onto the programme. But,
The Consortium will provide with ongoing support and access to quality
advice from experienced professionals.

“The Assessment Only route to QTS offered by
the Consortium is a very bespoke
programme designed for experienced but
unqualified teachers. Having already gained
sufficient proficiency across the full range
of Teachers’ Standards, successful
applicants will be able evidence their
professional skills, knowledge and
understanding to achieve Qualified Teacher
Status within three months of being
accepted on to the
programme.”

Bob Cleverly
Training Manager

www.teachertrainingconsortium.info

A
route for
experienced
Unqualified Teachers
to gain

QTS.

What is the Assessment Only Are you eligible for the
Route to QTS? programme?

The Assessment Only route is for Do you have:
experienced Unqualified Teachers, who
feel that they are ready to be assessed  An Honours Degree, classification 2:2 or above (or
for Qualified Teacher Status. equivalent)

It is open to both Primary and Secondary  A degree-level qualification in the subject you are
candidates. teaching, if Secondary.
At the time of application, the applicant
must currently be employed by the  English, Maths (and Science, for Primary) GCSE
school that they are wishing to take their Grade C (or equivalent)
assessment in.
 Substantial evidence of teaching experience,
The route does not include any training, probably in excess of 12 months.
due to the applicant's experience.
However, because of the short timescale  Experience and evidence of teaching your subject
and the difficulty in preparing for in at least 2 different UK schools.
assessment by oneself, The Consortium
has designed a programme of support  Experience and evidence of teaching across the
which will aid in the journey to QTS. ability range within your chosen age range.

The cost of the Assessment Only  A current employed Unqualified Teaching position,
Route in the school you wish to be assessed in, which will
continue for the duration of your programme.
There is no government funding to
support the Assessment Only  Certification of passing your Professional Skills Tests.
programme. All fees must be paid for by
the candidate, or the employing school, If you meet the above criteria, then you could be eligible
upon application. for our Assessment Only Programme.

The basic fee for the Assessment Only
programme is £1500, payable on
application.
The fee covers Application Assessment,
Initial Interview & Initial Assessment visit,
and Final Assessment visit. Should your
application not be suitable for the
programme, £200 will be retained as an
administration fee, with the balance
being refunded.
Once an Initial Assessor has been
appointed, no refund will be made.

The Programme B
Process
Experience.
A The candidate will have extensive

School Recruitment. and evidenced teaching
The candidate will have gone experience, teaching their
through a school recruitment appropriate subject across the
required age ranges and ability
process, and have been ranges, and within at least two
examined as suitable for the
schools.
teaching profession.

C D

Professional skills tests. Application.
The candidate will have The candidate must satisfactorily
completed the professional skills complete The Consortium's Assessment

tests prior to entry. Only application forms:
Form020 - Application Form
Form089 - School Certification Form
(both can be downloaded via
https://bit.ly/MCGMTTCAssessmentonlyfor

ms)
These can be submitted electronically

to our email address, along with
copies of requested
documents.

Selection Criteria

E F

Portfolio. Initial Interview & Assessment.
The candidate will complete a Once your application has been assessed
portfolio confirming that their as satisfactory, it will be passed to an Initial
teaching meets the Teachers'
Standards. This is required prior to Assessor who will arrange for a First Visit.
The 4-6 hour long First Visit includes:
the First Visit.
- Confirmation of your qualifications, English
F (cont.) Literacy & Language ability, and
confirmation of your experience.
At the conclusion of the visit, you will be
given two options: - A Discussion about your actual and
potential evidence, Examination of
Go straight to Final Assessment or Receive your portfolio and observing you
an Additional Support Visit, which will incur teaching a lesson.

an extra charge. G
The Assessor will provide an Action Plan for
any additional work required to meet the Final Assessment.
The Consortium will have
Teachers' Standards, ready for Final appointed a Final Assessor, who
Assessment. will examine your evidence and
will observe you teaching. The
If they feel you need further support, they result of this assessment is either
will arrange another visit and lesson
observation prior to the Final Pass or Fail.
Assessment.
A Fail means you will be unable to
continue to teach. So it is strongly

advised that you are fully
prepared for Final Assessment

before arranging it.

Portfolio

Your portfolio is a collection of evidence to support satisfactory attainment against the
Teachers' Standards.

The Consortium offers no prescriptive format for your portfolio, but recommends that
two items of evidence within the portfolio should be sufficient evidence against each
sub-section within a standard. Quality evidence may be cross-referenced to different
standards (or sub-section within a standard).

You will need to prepare a reflective statement linking your competence to the

standards, outlining how you have met them. The personal reflective statement should

highlight the particular features and achievements of your time as a teacher that

support your claim as a qualified teacher, based on the evidence contained in your

portfolio.

Your personal reflective statement should be written in the first person and be in such

terms to convince the reader that you meet the Teachers' Standards, and that you are

a worthy entrant to the teaching profession. Evidence

Evidence can take many forms. To qualify as evidence it must comply with certain
'rules':

Valid - The evidence must be teaching evidence and relate to the specific standard.
Substantial evidence will come from formal observations by experienced practitioners.

Authentic The evidence must be clearly shown as your evidence. A word-processed
document would be annotated in your writing, or contain your signature. A witness statement
would contain someone else's signature and refer to you by name. To verify authenticity, ask
yourself, what shows this piece of evidence is yours?

Current - The evidence must be appropriate to the current Teachers' Standards, therefore
should not be more than two years old.

Reliable - The evidence must demonstrate your consistent performance over a period of time.
The Consortium usually expects to see two pieces of evidence that support competence. But,
this evidence will be supported by other pieces of evidence collected over a period of time.

Sufficient - The evidence needs to demonstrate that you can meet the Teachers' Standards
consistently. At least two pieces of evidence are required in your portfolio to cover each
standard, although one piece of evidence could be cross-referenced across more than one
standard.



Our other routes to QTS

School Direct Salaried

The School Direct Salaried programme is an employment based route into Initial
Teacher Training. The trainee must find the support a school, who will employ
them as an Unqualified Teacher for the duration of their training year and pay
their salary and training costs. A £9000 subsidy from the NCTL (National College of
Teaching and Learning) could be issued to the school if the trainee meets their
criteria. This route is not available to Independent Schools.
For more information about the School Direct Salaried route and to check your
eligibility, please follow - http://bit.ly/MCGMTTCSchoolDirectSalaried

School / Self-Funded

If you are not eligible for the Assessment Only programme, you may be able to
apply for the School/Self-Funded route.
This year-long programme is exactly the same as the SDS route, only without
funding from the NCTL. Therefore, an applicant without three years full-time
career experience may be able to apply, if they have the support of an
Employing School.
For more information about the School/Self-Funded route and to check your
eligibility, please follow - http://bit.ly/MCGMTTCSchoolSelfFunded

Useful information

GCSE Equivalency

All applicants must hold the required GCSEs, or equivalents, prior to application.
For Equivalency tests, we recommend that you contact Edge Hill University:
https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/study/equivalency
Or search for a provider near you.

Minimum 2:2 Honours Degree

All applicants must hold the required 2:2 Honours degree, or equivalent, prior to application.
If you are unsure if your degree meets the required standard, please contact Naric for confirmation using the following
link
https://www.naric.org.uk

If you have any
questions regarding the
programme or the application
process, please contact us via

[email protected]

we look forward to receiving your application.

Good Luck!

Contact Information

The Training Manager for the Consortium is:
Mr Bob Cleverly

Marketing & General Administration:
Mr Chris Doyle

Merseyside, Cheshire & Greater Manchester Teacher Training Consortium,
Room A210,
The Heath Business & Technical Park,
Runcorn,
Cheshire,
WA7 4QX

Tel: 01928 511777 Fax: 01928 511778 Twitter: @TTConsortium

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.teachertrainingconsortium.info