How the Assessment Only QTS route is assessed

Successful applicants will undertake an eight to twelve week period of assessed practice in their school employment setting.

Candidates must be provided with a timetable for the duration of the assessment period that does not exceed the range and teaching load of an ECT in the school.
Secondary candidates must demonstrate a timetable for the duration of the assessment period where 80% of their teaching in both age phases is in their specialist subject.
Candidates must demonstrate meeting the Teachers’ Standards across the full range of their age phases, including use of and evaluation of distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support all pupils, including those with SEND and EAL.
Candidates must meet all the standards for QTS; being graded good or outstanding in each.
Candidates must be observed regularly by the school mentor and include lesson observation and feedback sheets in their portfolio of evidence (at least one observation each week, followed by feedback using St Mary’s Observation sheet pro forma).
Candidates will receive two visits/observations from a University tutor.
Candidates may receive a visit from a University moderator.
Candidates and their employing schools must recognise that OFSTED requirements for initial teacher training provision apply to the Assessment Only Route.
Candidates must provide a portfolio of evidence demonstrating that they are meeting Teachers’ Standards for the award of QTS (the expectation is a minimum of five pieces of evidence for each standard).

Webinars

Please join one of our webinars to meet the Assessment Only team at St Mary’s University and to discuss this pathway to obtaining QTS.