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Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
Information on the award of qualified teacher status (QTS) by the Department for Education.
Download your teaching certificates and check details of your training and induction.
How to provide an English language test as part of your QTS application that will meet all the requirements.
Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
Who and what Ofqual regulates, how to apply to be regulated and what happens when you want to stop being regulated.
Information for English accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers about the Department for Education international qualified teacher status roll-out.
Ofqual has updated its 'Supporting Compliance and Taking Regulatory Action' policy to ensure high standards in qualifications.
The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England. Ofqual is a non-ministerial department.
Find out about Ofqual's rules for the qualifications and assessments we regulate.
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