Management Information Sheet
Information on Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) Status Recognition in Schools
A person with QTLS status and membership of the IfL will automatically be recognised as a qualified teacher in schools. There is no need for them to apply to the Teaching Agency for QTS. A certificate from the IfL is sufficient evidence.
FE teachers with other qualifications such as the Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Sector, Certificate in Further Education Teaching or the FE Postgraduate Certificate of Education are not recognised as qualified teachers. They can apply to the IfL for QTLS status which, once awarded, would allow them to be recognised as qualified teachers in schools. Alternatively, they would need to undertake a course of initial teacher training.
Verification of QTLS status
The Institute for Learning holds and maintains the database of all QTLS holders. Schools and local authorities should check with the IfL that a teacher has QTLS status before they are given a job as a qualified teacher. This is the acceptable evidence that a teacher has QTLS status and IfL membership. Details of QTLS holders are not held by the Teaching Agency.
From 1st April 2012, schools and local authorities can contact the IfL to check whether an individual holds QTLS status.
A Teacher Reference Number will be issued to QTLS holders by Capita.
Subjects
QTLS holders, as is the case for all other holders of QTS, will be allowed to teach both curriculum and non-curriculum subjects in schools and across the breadth of school ages. It will be for schools and local authorities to decide whether a teacher with QTLS is suited for a post and to teach a particular subject.
Statutory induction in schools
QTLS holders will be exempt from serving statutory induction and will not be required to complete a statutory induction period in schools. This is because QTLS holders have already completed a period of teaching and professional formation, verified by the Institute for Learning, which bridges the gap between initial teacher training and employment as a practising teacher.
The regulation of QTLS holders
All QTLS holders in schools will be included within the proposed new regulatory system for teachers to take effect from April 2012, following the closure of the GTCE. The scope of these disciplinary arrangements includes any person who carries out a teaching role in a school, academy or sixth form college and will include the independent sector and free schools.
Pay
QTLS holders will be paid as qualified teachers, on the qualified teachers' pay scale in the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document.
Schools and local authorities will advise individual teachers of their point on the pay scale.
Schools with academy status are able to determine their own salary levels for teachers.
Appraisal
Head teachers will be able to decide which professional standards they use to assess the performance of QTLS holders.
The performance of QTLS holders may be assessed against the Teachers' Standards published by the Secretary of State in July 2011. However, alternative standards may be more appropriate for QTLS holders, so amending legislation gives schools and local authorities the flexibility to assess the performance of QTLS holders against either the Teachers' standards or any other professional standards they deem applicable, or both.
With the exception of teachers who are serving a period of induction and those who are subject to "capability procedures", all teachers in maintained schools have their performance managed in accordance with the relevant regulations - currently the Education (School Teacher Performance Management) (England) Regulations 2006. On 1st September 2012 those regulations will be revoked and replaced with the Education (School Teachers' Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2012.
Under the 2012 regulations, the performance of teachers will be assessed against their objectives and against the relevant standards. All teachers except for QTLS holders will be assessed against the Teachers' Standards that were published by the Secretary of State in July 2011. In the case of QTLS teachers, alternative standards may be more appropriate. The regulations therefore give schools and local authorities the flexibility to decide which standards are relevant to QTLS holders. They can assess teachers against the Teachers' Standards, any other set of standards relating to teachers' performance published by the Secretary of State for Education, and/or any other relevant professional standards.
Contact details
Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills Team at Institute for Learning
Telephone: 0844 815 3202
Email: qtls@ifl.ac.uk
FE teachers with other qualifications such as the Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Sector, Certificate in Further Education Teaching or the FE Postgraduate Certificate of Education are not recognised as qualified teachers. They can apply to the IfL for QTLS status which, once awarded, would allow them to be recognised as qualified teachers in schools. Alternatively, they would need to undertake a course of initial teacher training.
Verification of QTLS status
The Institute for Learning holds and maintains the database of all QTLS holders. Schools and local authorities should check with the IfL that a teacher has QTLS status before they are given a job as a qualified teacher. This is the acceptable evidence that a teacher has QTLS status and IfL membership. Details of QTLS holders are not held by the Teaching Agency.
From 1st April 2012, schools and local authorities can contact the IfL to check whether an individual holds QTLS status.
A Teacher Reference Number will be issued to QTLS holders by Capita.
Subjects
QTLS holders, as is the case for all other holders of QTS, will be allowed to teach both curriculum and non-curriculum subjects in schools and across the breadth of school ages. It will be for schools and local authorities to decide whether a teacher with QTLS is suited for a post and to teach a particular subject.
Statutory induction in schools
QTLS holders will be exempt from serving statutory induction and will not be required to complete a statutory induction period in schools. This is because QTLS holders have already completed a period of teaching and professional formation, verified by the Institute for Learning, which bridges the gap between initial teacher training and employment as a practising teacher.
The regulation of QTLS holders
All QTLS holders in schools will be included within the proposed new regulatory system for teachers to take effect from April 2012, following the closure of the GTCE. The scope of these disciplinary arrangements includes any person who carries out a teaching role in a school, academy or sixth form college and will include the independent sector and free schools.
Pay
QTLS holders will be paid as qualified teachers, on the qualified teachers' pay scale in the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document.
Schools and local authorities will advise individual teachers of their point on the pay scale.
Schools with academy status are able to determine their own salary levels for teachers.
Appraisal
Head teachers will be able to decide which professional standards they use to assess the performance of QTLS holders.
The performance of QTLS holders may be assessed against the Teachers' Standards published by the Secretary of State in July 2011. However, alternative standards may be more appropriate for QTLS holders, so amending legislation gives schools and local authorities the flexibility to assess the performance of QTLS holders against either the Teachers' standards or any other professional standards they deem applicable, or both.
With the exception of teachers who are serving a period of induction and those who are subject to "capability procedures", all teachers in maintained schools have their performance managed in accordance with the relevant regulations - currently the Education (School Teacher Performance Management) (England) Regulations 2006. On 1st September 2012 those regulations will be revoked and replaced with the Education (School Teachers' Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2012.
Under the 2012 regulations, the performance of teachers will be assessed against their objectives and against the relevant standards. All teachers except for QTLS holders will be assessed against the Teachers' Standards that were published by the Secretary of State in July 2011. In the case of QTLS teachers, alternative standards may be more appropriate. The regulations therefore give schools and local authorities the flexibility to decide which standards are relevant to QTLS holders. They can assess teachers against the Teachers' Standards, any other set of standards relating to teachers' performance published by the Secretary of State for Education, and/or any other relevant professional standards.
Contact details
Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills Team at Institute for Learning
Telephone: 0844 815 3202
Email: qtls@ifl.ac.uk