Assessment Only Route to Qualified Teacher Status (Secondary School Level) University of Greenwich

Award	Attendance	Study	Duration	Start	Domestic fees	International fees
Assessment only	On-Campus	Full-time	12 weeks	find out	find out	find out

Course fee notes

Your time at university should be enjoyable and rewarding, and it is important that it is not spoilt by unnecessary financial worries. We recommend that you spend time planning your finances, both before coming to university and while you are here. We can offer advice on living costs and budgeting, as well as on awards, allowances and loans.

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Course overview

The Assessment Only route to QTS is a means to formal qualification for experienced but unqualified teachers on the basis of their significant experience in schools. At the University of Greenwich we currentlyoffer this programme for experienced teachers of Science, Maths, ModernLanguages, PE, Dance and Music in secondary schools. We consider applications from teachers who are already employed and established in schools in London and the South East. For this programme relevant teaching experience involves being responsible for planning, teaching and assessment of classes of, typically, 20 pupils or more.

It is important to stress that the AO route does not include any training element and therefore is not a substitute for more extensive initial teacher training routes such as PGCE and School Direct. Successful applicants are putting themselves forward to be assessed against the Teachers' Standards on the basis of experience supported by appropriate evidence.

The aims of the programme are:

To develop a plan and portfolio of evidence
To complete in-school observation of teaching by university tutor/senior leaders in school
To achieve final assessment of evidence and teaching against teachers' standards.