International qualified teacher status: criteria for providers
The criteria that organisations must meet to provide international qualified teacher status (iQTS) for applicants training outside the UK.
Applies to England
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The criteria and supporting information for the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 academic years are for:
- accredited English ITT providers who are approved to offer iQTS, and their partner schools
- organisations seeking approval to offer iQTS
You should refer to the 2024 to 2025 criteria and supporting information for courses starting from September 2024.
Updates to this page
Last updated 26 February 2024 + show all updates
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'International qualified teacher status: criteria and supporting information - 2024 to 2025' for courses starting from September 2024 was added.
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'International qualified teacher status: criteria and supporting information' updated to reflect end of pilot year.
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Updated 'International qualified teacher status: criteria and supporting information'.
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'Suitability' section updated with information on safeguarding children and childcare disqualification. 'Inspection' section updated with iQTS inspection policy and inspectorate pilot information. Information on international qualifications equivalency, assessing the fitness of applicants and mentoring has been updated.
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Section C2.5 updated in preparation for wider roll-out of iQTS. Updates confirm that those who successfully complete iQTS will automatically be awarded qualified teacher status.
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First published.