Newly Qualified Teacher Induction

Qualified Teacher Status

DfE regulations state that no NQT may begin the induction year until the date when English QTS is awarded. NQTs must provide a copy of the Qualified Teacher Status certificate from the General Teaching Council; this is usually the only acceptable documentary evidence of the QTS date. This must be faxed/sent to EPS before the induction year of that NQT can be processed or funding allocated.

Teachers who train in Wales and whose first post is in an English school are subject to the same induction regulations as English-trained teachers, and their QTS is valid in England.

Any teacher who cannot provide evidence of Qualified Teacher Status after a month in employment, without a valid reason, should be employed as an unqualified teacher, and induction should be suspended, until the date is verified

A QTS certificate may not have been issued for one of the following reasons:

• the teacher trained in Scotland or Northern Ireland and has a Scottish/NI Qualified Teacher Status date but has not obtained English QTS. In these cases the award of English QTS is a formality but induction cannot start until it has been awarded;
• the teacher trained in another country outside England or Wales and has to apply to the Training and Development Agency to be assessed against QTS standards - see our educationjobs website for further information on Overseas Trained Teachers;
• the teacher completed the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) but the documentation has not reached the General Teaching Council and so no Qualified Teacher Status certificate has been issued. If there is a delay in issuing the QTS certificate in these circumstances, please contact Dinah Weberstadt for further advice on 02380 383530.
• the teacher has not passed one of the skills tests in numeracy, literacy and ICT, and so QTS has not yet been awarded.
• the teacher has been awarded their degree but the university has not recommended them for QTS