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Employment-based Routes Unit

This site provides information about the EBR unit programmes, and access to programme communities.

The Employment-based Routes Unit offers two vocational routes for people wishing to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

We offer two programmes:

Graduate Teacher Programme

Overseas Trained Teacher Programme

The GTP is for graduates who want to continue working in a school while they train as a teacher. You will be employed by a school as an unqualified teacher and trained 'on the job' to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
Places on the GTP are competitive and are offered to candidates who meet our criteria relating to suitability for teaching, quality of degree and teaching experience.
It is ESSENTIAL THAT YOU APPLY WITH A SUPPORTING SCHOOL which meets our requirements for training people on the GTP.

The OTTP caters for people from outside the EU who have a teaching qualification from their own country and want to gain QTS in England.
If you want to apply download the application form and send it to us with the relevant certificates.

Please note that the OTTP operates on a first-come, first-serve basis once applications are approved.

Applications run throughout the year - there is no entry point.

The Institute of Education Employment-based Routes Unit community website