CertEd Certificate in Education (Incorporating the Diploma in Education and Training)

If you want a career in further education colleges, adult and community education, work-based training, and public sector organisations, our programme helps you develop the required skills, knowledge, and professional values to achieve this. With a large proportion of your time on this course spent on placement, you have the chance to gain real-world experience, preparing you for a fullling and rewarding career.

On completion of this course, you can apply to undertake the professional formation process to achieve Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status.
Benet from highly skilled and qualied tutors with many years experience in the further education and skills sector. Spend at least two days a week on placement in a further education and skills setting.
Take advantage of opportunities to network with potential employers. Follow in the footsteps of many of our trainees and possibly go on to nd employment within the organisations you work with during your placement.
Demonstrate innovation, creativity and enterprise throughout your time on the programme and benefit from the way education for sustainable development is embedded in the programme. Work closely with your fellow trainees, learning together and from one another, with peer-support is an important part of the programme's philosophy and organisation.
This qualification is tailored for applicants who hold a level 3 qualification or substantial vocational experience. The Postgraduate Certificate in Education is available to those have a bachelors or masters degree one of these qualifications.
We work with the local General and Specialist Further Colleges and would invite applicants with a range of qualifications and relevant experience. On completion take your qualifications to the next level after completing this course you'll have the option to gain Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status with the Society for Education and Training (SET).

A level three qualification (or be able to demonstrate suitable subject expertise and specialist knowledge) in the subject area you wish to teach.
GCSE: level 2 equivalent in both English and Maths.
Good information and communications technology (ICT) skills.
For a full list of all acceptable qualifications please refer to our tariff glossary.
Applicants with overseas qualifications can check their compatibility with Ecctis, who provide an advisory service.
If English is not your first language, you require:
IELTS at level 7 with 7 in all four components or GCSE in English language at grade C or above. English language requirements.

Non-academic Requirements
An interview is a pre-requisite for entry onto this programme. The first stage interview is conducted by a member of the teaching team. If successful there will be a second interview with a subject specialist tutor from the placement college. This interview is to ascertain your level of subject knowledge in the areas that you might reasonably be expected to deliver whilst on your teaching placement. Find more information about interviews in the Institute's interview pages.
Youll be required to complete a satisfactory enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) Enhanced Disclosure , register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority and complete a criminal convictions self-declaration form. Find all of the important documentation you'll need when applying for this programme
You must be deemed fit to teach.