Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is required in England and Wales to become, and continue being, a teacher in the state and special educaiton sectors. Similiar statuses exist in the rest of the United Kingdom (Scotland and Northern Ireland), but under different names. In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill, including learning and thinking skills. ... Public education is schooling provided by the government, and paid for by taxes. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1...

Gaining QTS

A candidate must have completed and passed a teacher training course, such as a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) or a teaching degree (BEd), and, in England only, pass the QTS Skills Tests in literacy, numeracy and ICT. The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) is a one-year course in the UK for existing bachelors degree holders leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), which is needed to become a teacher in maintained (state or local authority) schools. ... A Bachelor of Education (BEd) is an undergraduate academic degree which qualifies the graduate as a teacher in schools. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Literacy is the ability to read and write. ... Numeracy is a term that emerged in the United Kingdom best described as numerical literacy. In the United States, it is familiar to math educators and intellectuals but not in the common usage. ... The initialism ICT has several meanings: A British computer industry company, the International Computers and Tabulators Company, was called ICT. It later became ICL. ICT is also a general term for Information and Communications Technology. ...

The General Teaching Council for England and General Teaching Council for Wales maintain all registrations, as well as issuing QTS certificates (a task previously undertaken by the Department for Education and Skills). Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ...

QTS is technically only recognised in the country it was awarded (England or Wales), but teachers can normally apply for QTS in the other country with relative ease. QTS is also recognised by many other countries once the relevant paperwork has been completed. National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...

Teachers trained outside England and Wales must also apply to be awarded QTS if they wish to teach in England and Wales.

After having being awarded QTS teachers must normally still pass an induction period (previously called 'probation') – normally their first year of teaching. Those who fail the induction still retain their QTS, but cannot teach in state-run schools. The induction period normally lasts a year (three school terms). In England it cannot be retaken if failed, but in Wales it can.

Scotland and Northern Ireland

QTS as such does not exist in Scotland or Northern Ireland, but, like England and Wales, all teachers are required to register with either the General Teaching Council for Scotland or General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland and the General Teaching Councils will only consider those with teaching qualifications (such as the PGCE) for registration.

In Scotland a one-year probation period (equivalent to to induction in England and Wales) must be completed.

Those holding English or Welsh QTS (or an equivalent from another country) must apply for registration with the relevant General Teaching Council. Each case is considered individually and even those with English or Welsh QTS are not guaranateed to be allowed to teach in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

External links

• Standards for the Award of Qualified Teacher Status
• General Teaching Council for England
• General Teaching Council for Wales
• General Teaching Council for Scotland
• General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland