GLF Teacher Training is an alliance of highly successful schools in Surrey, Croydon, Oxfordshire, West Sussex, Wokingham and Hampshire. We have a very strong history of providing exceptional Initial Teacher Training since 2013, with high employment rates within our partnership schools.

Visit our Calendar to book a place for one of our upcoming sessions to find out more about training to teach with GLF Schools.  We can also offer school experience days if you are interested in finding out more about one of our partnership schools.

What GLF Teacher Training can offer:

• Be part of something bigger with our vast portfolio of 50+ GLF and partner schools
• Benefit from the GLF's commitment to employ you after you complete your training
• Train in a place where you feel you belong
• Receive high-quality training and a personalised training approach
• Support us on our mission to transform the lives of all children to enable them to Grow, Learn and Flourish.

You will be trained by an experienced ITT primary and secondary leader, and a range of practising school leaders will visit each core training session to ensure you have the best support and a variety of different school insights.

We get to know each trainee and offer excellent pastoral support throughout your journey to becoming a teacher. Our diverse cohort of present and past trainees are always on hand for peer support and advice.

If you are passionate about education and want to make an impact on the lives of our next generation, apply to be a part of our highly successful teacher training programme. 

All of our placement schools have significant experience in delivering Initial Teacher Training and are able to provide you with a consistently high quality settings throughout your training programme. 

There are often opportunities for successful trainees to go on and work within their host school, or group of schools, following a successful training year, subject to schools' recruitment and selection processes.

How can we support you?

At GLF Teacher Training the support we offer starts from the day you first make an enquiry. Our team will guide you through the application process, arrange school experience for you in a school local to your home and provide support with any finance queries you may have. We strongly recommend coming along to one of our face-to-face information events to meet us in person and to ask any questions you might have.

ROUTES INTO TEACHING - overview

Information about the IFT Primary and Secondary training programmes we deliver at GLF can be found in the main menu,  Below is a summary of each teacher training route we offer: 

NON-SALARIED ROUTES: 

Standard fee- funded (for degree holders (3 terms / September to July)

The standard route into teaching taken by most trainee teachers is via the fee funded (ie self-funded route). This route allows you to be part of a school from day one of the programme and to build up your teaching practise over the duration of the course. Candidates do not earn a salary but are offered a gradual route into teaching with extensive opportunities for lesson observation and co-teaching.

Our training course runs over one academic year and trainee teachers are school-based for four days a week; core training takes place on a Friday in either our Surrey (Banstead) hub or our Oxfordshire / Reading hub (Didcot), depending on which is closer to you.  

This route comes with a QTS and PGCE option. 

For some 'high demand' secondary subjects, you may be eligible for a bursary or scholarship to support your training year.  Payment amounts will vary depending on your teacher training subject and degree classification. Please check the DfE's website for up to date information.

Once you have gained Qualified Teacher Status, as a large trust GLF will support you in finding your first Early Career Teaching placement within a school.

Flexible fee-funded route (for degree holders (4 terms / September to following December / 4 days a week)

New for September 2027 starters!  

This is a 'flexible' route aimed at supporting those with caring responsibilities, those studying, or those who need to continue working.  Candidates do not earn a salary but are offered a gradual route into teaching with extensive opportunities for lesson observation and co-teaching.

The training course runs over four terms starting in September and finishing the following December.  Trainees will be on the programme for four days a week for the majority of the course, to include both a Friday and a Monday. For three of the days, trainees are school-based; core training takes place on a Friday in either our Surrey hub or Oxfordshire / Reading hub, depending on which is geographically closer to you. In addition there will be four whole weeks of training that candidates are expected to participate in.

Once you have gained Qualified Teacher Status, as a large trust GLF will support you in finding your first Early Career Teaching placement within a school.

This route leads to Qualified Teacher Status; there is no PGCE option.

Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) fee-funded primary route: 

For September 2027 starters we are delighted to be able to offer a new fee-funded SEND route into teaching allowing primary trainees to complete part of their training in a Special School Setting. 

This course will run over one academic year and will lead to QTS with an option to complete a PGCE.   

SALARIED ROUTES INTO TEACHING:

Places on any salaried route are extremely limited and are only offered if a partnership school has a need for a salaried trainee who has the ability and experience to teach a class from day one of the programme.  Generally speaking salaried opportunities tend only to be offered in shortage subject areas in secondary schools, and primary schools who can support the funding.  Currently, we do not have any salaried routes open for applications; if this changes, opportunities will be advertised via the DfE Apply portal.  

Post Graduate Teaching Apprenticeships (PGTA) (for degree holders who have extensive experience of working in a school)

This is a school-based, employment-route training programme that lets high quality graduate aspiring teachers earn a salary whilst they train. Typically, candidates will have had a minimum of one year’s teaching experience as an HLTA, Cover Supervisor or Teaching Assistant (TA) and have had exposure to lesson planning, lesson delivery and marking.  The amount of timetabled unsupervised teaching depends on prior experience and is often increased each term. 

Candidates will need the support of an employing school and must teach some lessons independently from the start of the programme. 

This course will run over one academic year from the end of August to the following July and will lead to QTS with an option to complete a PGCE.   

Standard salaried route:

If a partnership school has a requirement for a salaried trainee, GLF are able to offer an employment-based route into teaching for high-quality graduates, typically with at least one year of classroom experience in the UK education system and supporting Headteacher references. Trainees will be employed by the school as an unqualified teacher while they complete their training programme.  

Note: Places are very limited on this training route and candidates would need to have secured an employing school.  Any salaried opportunities will be published via the DfE Apply portal.

This course will run over one academic year from September to the following July and will lead to QTS with an option to complete a PGCE for an additional cost.   

Assessment Only route - for 'unqualified' teachers

The Assessment Only route is designed for experienced unqualified teachers who want to gain QTS (Qualified Teacher Status). Candidates will already be working in a school as an unqualified teacher, with substantial experience of whole class planning, teaching, assessment and reporting.  Candidates need to have taught for at least two years in the UK education system in order to demonstrate the required ‘substantial experience’, with experience of teaching in two different school settings, across two consecutive key stages.  Applications must be supported by both Headteachers and are school-led. 

ROUTES INTO TEACHING FOR NON-DEGREE HOLDERS:

Undergraduate routes (for those who do not have a degree and are working in a school)

If you do not have a degree or are not working towards one, but you want to become a teacher, we work with two university providers who offer current Teaching Assistants without a degree the opportunity to progress into teaching via apprenticeship routes, allowing applicants to remain employed whilst working towards Qualified Teacher Status. These degree pathways are aimed at supporting current staff with their journey into teacher training at a later date. 

All candidates require the support of their current Headteacher.  These programme are not delivered by GLF, and therefore, we are unable to provide placements. Undergraduate apprenticeship opportunities are very limited and only offered if the school and candidate are in agreement.  

• BA (Hons) Secondary Education Maths and SEND: Offered by the University of Buckingham
• Secondary Education Maths Teacher Degree Apprenticeship: Offered by the University of Brighton
• BA (Hons) Primary Education: Offered by the University of Buckingham
• Primary Education Teacher Degree Apprenticeship / Plus SEND option: Offered by the University of Brighton

Eligibility for apprenticeship routes:

• Most courses require candidates to have 2 x A’levels and GCSE’s in maths, English language plus a science subject for Primary candidates.  Please check the provider’s course profiles for further information.
• You must have secured a school to support you on this route

FEES AND FINANCE FOR ALL COURSES: 

Information on this can be found HERE on the website.  

FURTHER INFORMATION: 

We also run in-person, virtual and in-school experience events. Please visit our calendar for upcoming information on events.

Alternatively, if you have any questions at all about training to teach, our team are more than happy to help.  Please contact us via: info@glftt.org.  

 

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