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Information on the award of qualified teacher status (QTS) by the Department for Education.
Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
How to provide an English language test as part of your QTS application that will meet all the requirements.
Who and what Ofqual regulates, how to apply to be regulated and what happens when you want to stop being regulated.
Download your teaching certificates and check details of your training and induction.
QCA was responsible for maintaining and developing the national curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations; and accredited and monitored qualifications in colleges and at work.
Find out about a qualification, including if it’s regulated and how it compares to other qualifications.
Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
Information for English accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers about the Department for Education international qualified teacher status roll-out.
Statistics on vocational and other qualifications (excluding GCSEs, AS levels and A levels).
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