About NELTA
NELTA is an Initial Teacher Training provider that thrives on strength through collaboration. We are part of the government’s plan to give schools a central role in raising standards by developing a self-improving and sustainable school-led system.
Our teaching network include schools that are benefiting from support, as well as strategic partners who lead some aspects of training and development. Our strategic partners include other schools, universities, such as UCL and King’s College London, as well as private sector organisations. NELTA also works with other local Teacher Training providers to share knowledge and resources.
Our Main Focus As a Teacher Training Provider Is
- School-led initial teacher training – as well as working with UCL and King’s NELTA is also a very successful accredited provider of initial teacher training in its own right.
- Continuing professional development – we offer both initial teacher training as well as a two-year ECT programme, alongside CPD support for the Beacon Academy Trust.
- Supporting other schools – we have a well-established system of school forums.
As a school-centred initial teacher training provider we identify, develop and co ordinate expertise for the benefit of pupils across our network of schools, resulting in
Better results for pupils
Stronger performing schools
More good and outstanding schools
A self-improving and sustainable system
Better results for pupils
Fewer poorly performing schools
More good and outstanding schools
A self-improving and sustainable system
NELTA Partners
FAQ
No. The salaried route is for QTS (qualified teacher status) only.
Nothing. The school will pay any accredited provider fees on your behalf and will pay you a salary.
This can vary from school to school and can reach up to 90% of a normal teacher’s timetable. If you decide to train through NELTA we recommend that you will start on 50% of a normal teacher timetable; This works out to be around 10 lessons a week at Beal High School ( this may be different at other schools). We are generous with this as we recognise that your training year is challenging and you need time to reflect, plan effectively and complete assignments or training. The idea is that as you go through the year you will take on more classes within your timetable. This is subject to availability and timetabling constraints and may more or less than this. Timetables are normally drafted in June and finalised in July. You should check with the Head of the Department in the school you are working at for more information.
For the purpose of your course you need to teach across two consecutive age ranges. This is usually KS3 and 4 but for some subjects such as social sciences where there is often no KS3 course it may be KS4 to 5. It may be useful for you to gain some A level experience if you teach in a school that has a Sixth form but due to the high stakes exams for the students this would need to be in negotiation with the Head of the Department.
As a salaried trainee you will be expected to teach lessons from September and will have your own timetable. It is unlikely that you will be team teaching these classes and so you for the most part you will be planning these lessons, assessing progress, marking and liaising with parents. You will have a subject mentor who should observe you regularly and a NELTA tutor who should observe you at least once per term. Those who are training with King’s or the IOE as their accredited provider will also have a university tutor who should observe them at least once per term. The purpose of these observations will be to provide feedback focusing on what is working well and where the areas for development are.
You will be employed by the school from September and so will need to begin teaching from then.
Possibly but this is rare. The other subject will not make up a large part of your teaching load and will typically be lower down the school (KS3). This would only be the case for closely related subjects and only due to the way that schools timetable certain subjects. For example you may be training in history but will have to teach KS3 Geography because schools have humanities’ at KS3 rather than separate subjects. If you are teaching science most schools do not separate the sciences before A level and you will be expected to teach all 3 to GCSE.
You should be observed regularly by your subject mentor (about once per fortnight) initially. This is so they can check your progress and give you feedback. It may be that they will observe you less as you become more skilled at your classroom practice. You will also have a NELTA tutor who should observe you at least once per term. Those who are training with King’s or the IOE as their accredited provider will also have a university tutor who should observe them at least once per term. The purpose of these observations will be to provide feedback and check progress.
Observations, assignments a portfolio of evidence you have met the assignments. You will be observed regularly by your mentor and given feedback, some of these observations will be formal and will be recorded and used as part of your portfolio of evidence. You will need to keep a folder of evidence that demonstrates you have met each standard. You will also have assignments that you will need to complete.
If you train through NELTA and complete the course there is an expectation of employment at the end. This is subject to availability and may not be at the school in which you trained. We have very high employment rates for our trainees.
You can apply without a DBS check but any offer you may be made will be dependent on you having one and being cleared to work with children. This will need to be completed before you start the course . DBS checks will be organised by the provider or the employing school in the case of the salaried route.
The minimum requirement is the equivalent of a UK bachelors degree with honours classified at 2.2 or above. If you degree is from another country you will be asked to provide evidence of equivalency. NARIC is the organisation which will check these degrees and provide you with a certificate of equivalency. You will need to contact NARIC and send us the certificate. If your NARIC equivalency certificate states that your degree is the same level as a UK bachelors with honours at a 2.2 classification you will have met the entry requirements. If it states ordinary degree or lower or 3 rd class unfortunately you do not meet the entry requirement and we will not be able to process your application further.
You may, but generally not for more than one hour a week. Timetable allocations for salaried trainees are generally half that of a full time member of staff and in order for this to be financially viable for the employing school (to employ the equivalent of half a teacher and contribute to provider fees) the employing school may then need to use you for cover. This will be minimal (once per week).
Please go to this website and click ‘Start’:
https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-teacher-training
There are opportunities for you to complete a distance learning PGCE in your NQT year.
QTS means you have qualified teacher status- this means that you are qualified to teach in any school in England. A PGCE is a post- graduate certificate in education. This means you have a Masters level certificate in the study of education. You can have QTS without a PGCE which will allow you to teach. You can have a PGCE without QTS which means you will have a Masters level qualification but you are not qualified to teach in a school (this is not common). Or you can have both a PGCE and QTS which means you are qualified to teach in England and possibly beyond and have a Masters level qualification in education.
No, to teach in England you only need QTS.
Not really. If you plan to teach in England there is really no difference. Employers don’t regard it as something that is needed. If you plan to teach elsewhere some will want evidence of a PGCE.
No. The salaried route is for people that have 3 years work experience but this can be in any field. Some experience of what goes on inside a UK classroom would be useful for your application and for your interview.
Yes. With the salaried route you will be expected to teach lessons from September on your own and because of this the school and department needs to be confident that you can do this. This means you will have to deliver a learning experience during the interview day to a group of students at the school in which you will be employed (if successful). You will have to attend the interview date and deliver this experience to be considered.
Click ‘Start’ on the Apply website (https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-teacher-training), which will lead you to a page where you can search for the programme by course type by selecting school direct salaried or you can search by school (Beal High School).
For salaried training positions we have a two stage process. Stage 1 is an online interview to discuss a lesson plan and answer questions about teaching. If successful, Stage 2 is an in-person 30 minute lesson observation, interview and written task at the school where you would be employed.
Following this a final decision will be made. Tuition Fee candidates for NELTA or other providers e.g UCL, Kings etc will have a longer Stage 1 interview with lesson discussion. If successful NELTA will make an offer through the Apply website. For other providers you will be recommended to the HEI who will make a final decision and make an offer. As part of their quality assurance they may occasionally request a second interview.
The team will endeavour to let you know within a week if you are successful or not. We will notify you via e mail. However if the IOE or King’s are you accredited provider this does not mean you have a place yet as the university has the final say. NELTA will recommend you to the university.
Notify the admin team as soon as you know you cannot attend so we can try and arrange another date. We do however advise that where possible you keep interview dates. We interview on a fortnightly cycle and once places are filled they will be removed from UCAS and the vacancy closed.
This is usually around 8 weeks after an application is submitted. If a provider has not made you an offer for their programme, you will be rejected by default after the 8-week period expires. If providers have not responded at all and you are approaching the 8-week period, it may be that your application has been unsuccessful. This should be communicated with you via e mail. It is worth contacting the NELTA team at Beal High school to check there has not been an error with Apply. If you know that a school has recommended you to an accredited provider (King’s or UCL) but you are approaching your 8-week period and have not heard from the accredited provider please ensure that you have contacted the professional development team at Beal who can chase the provider for you. Providers can get your application back after this date if they need to but this is complicated.
No. The salaried route is for QTS (qualified teacher status) only.
Nothing. The school will pay any accredited provider fees on your behalf and will pay you a salary.
This can vary from school to school and can reach up to 90% of a normal teacher’s timetable. If you decide to train through NELTA we recommend that you will start on 50% of a normal teacher timetable; This works out to be around 10 lessons a week at Beal High School ( this may be different at other schools). We are generous with this as we recognise that your training year is challenging and you need time to reflect, plan effectively and complete assignments or training. The idea is that as you go through the year you will take on more classes within your timetable. This is subject to availability and timetabling constraints and may more or less than this. Timetables are normally drafted in June and finalised in July. You should check with the Head of the Department in the school you are working at for more information.
For the purpose of your course you need to teach across two consecutive age ranges. This is usually KS3 and 4 but for some subjects such as social sciences where there is often no KS3 course it may be KS4 to 5. It may be useful for you to gain some A level experience if you teach in a school that has a Sixth form but due to the high stakes exams for the students this would need to be in negotiation with the Head of the Department.
As a salaried trainee you will be expected to teach lessons from September and will have your own timetable. It is unlikely that you will be team teaching these classes and so you for the most part you will be planning these lessons, assessing progress, marking and liaising with parents. You will have a subject mentor who should observe you regularly and a NELTA tutor who should observe you at least once per term. Those who are training with King’s or the IOE as their accredited provider will also have a university tutor who should observe them at least once per term. The purpose of these observations will be to provide feedback focusing on what is working well and where the areas for development are.
You will be employed by the school from September and so will need to begin teaching from then.
Possibly but this is rare. The other subject will not make up a large part of your teaching load and will typically be lower down the school (KS3). This would only be the case for closely related subjects and only due to the way that schools timetable certain subjects. For example you may be training in history but will have to teach KS3 Geography because schools have humanities’ at KS3 rather than separate subjects. If you are teaching science most schools do not separate the sciences before A level and you will be expected to teach all 3 to GCSE.
You should be observed regularly by your subject mentor (about once per fortnight) initially. This is so they can check your progress and give you feedback. It may be that they will observe you less as you become more skilled at your classroom practice. You will also have a NELTA tutor who should observe you at least once per term. Those who are training with King’s or the IOE as their accredited provider will also have a university tutor who should observe them at least once per term. The purpose of these observations will be to provide feedback and check progress.
Observations, assignments a portfolio of evidence you have met the assignments. You will be observed regularly by your mentor and given feedback, some of these observations will be formal and will be recorded and used as part of your portfolio of evidence. You will need to keep a folder of evidence that demonstrates you have met each standard. You will also have assignments that you will need to complete.
If you train through NELTA and complete the course there is an expectation of employment at the end. This is subject to availability and may not be at the school in which you trained. We have very high employment rates for our trainees.
You can apply without a DBS check but any offer you may be made will be dependent on you having one and being cleared to work with children. This will need to be completed before you start the course . DBS checks will be organised by the provider or the employing school in the case of the salaried route.
The minimum requirement is the equivalent of a UK bachelors degree with honours classified at 2.2 or above. If you degree is from another country you will be asked to provide evidence of equivalency. NARIC is the organisation which will check these degrees and provide you with a certificate of equivalency. You will need to contact NARIC and send us the certificate. If your NARIC equivalency certificate states that your degree is the same level as a UK bachelors with honours at a 2.2 classification you will have met the entry requirements. If it states ordinary degree or lower or 3 rd class unfortunately you do not meet the entry requirement and we will not be able to process your application further.
You may, but generally not for more than one hour a week. Timetable allocations for salaried trainees are generally half that of a full time member of staff and in order for this to be financially viable for the employing school (to employ the equivalent of half a teacher and contribute to provider fees) the employing school may then need to use you for cover. This will be minimal (once per week).
Please go to this website and click ‘Start’:
https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-teacher-training
There are opportunities for you to complete a distance learning PGCE in your NQT year.
QTS means you have qualified teacher status- this means that you are qualified to teach in any school in England. A PGCE is a post- graduate certificate in education. This means you have a Masters level certificate in the study of education. You can have QTS without a PGCE which will allow you to teach. You can have a PGCE without QTS which means you will have a Masters level qualification but you are not qualified to teach in a school (this is not common). Or you can have both a PGCE and QTS which means you are qualified to teach in England and possibly beyond and have a Masters level qualification in education.
No, to teach in England you only need QTS.
Not really. If you plan to teach in England there is really no difference. Employers don’t regard it as something that is needed. If you plan to teach elsewhere some will want evidence of a PGCE.
No. The salaried route is for people that have 3 years work experience but this can be in any field. Some experience of what goes on inside a UK classroom would be useful for your application and for your interview.
Yes. With the salaried route you will be expected to teach lessons from September on your own and because of this the school and department needs to be confident that you can do this. This means you will have to deliver a learning experience during the interview day to a group of students at the school in which you will be employed (if successful). You will have to attend the interview date and deliver this experience to be considered.
Click ‘Start’ on the Apply website (https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-teacher-training), which will lead you to a page where you can search for the programme by course type by selecting school direct salaried or you can search by school (Beal High School).
For salaried training positions we have a two stage process. Stage 1 is an online interview to discuss a lesson plan and answer questions about teaching. If successful, Stage 2 is an in-person 30 minute lesson observation, interview and written task at the school where you would be employed.
Following this a final decision will be made. Tuition Fee candidates for NELTA or other providers e.g UCL, Kings etc will have a longer Stage 1 interview with lesson discussion. If successful NELTA will make an offer through the Apply website. For other providers you will be recommended to the HEI who will make a final decision and make an offer. As part of their quality assurance they may occasionally request a second interview.
The team will endeavour to let you know within a week if you are successful or not. We will notify you via e mail. However if the IOE or King’s are you accredited provider this does not mean you have a place yet as the university has the final say. NELTA will recommend you to the university.
Notify the admin team as soon as you know you cannot attend so we can try and arrange another date. We do however advise that where possible you keep interview dates. We interview on a fortnightly cycle and once places are filled they will be removed from UCAS and the vacancy closed.
This is usually around 8 weeks after an application is submitted. If a provider has not made you an offer for their programme, you will be rejected by default after the 8-week period expires. If providers have not responded at all and you are approaching the 8-week period, it may be that your application has been unsuccessful. This should be communicated with you via e mail. It is worth contacting the NELTA team at Beal High school to check there has not been an error with Apply. If you know that a school has recommended you to an accredited provider (King’s or UCL) but you are approaching your 8-week period and have not heard from the accredited provider please ensure that you have contacted the professional development team at Beal who can chase the provider for you. Providers can get your application back after this date if they need to but this is complicated.
