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Train to teach with an IOE School Direct partner school and you will benefit from the expertise of one of the world’s leading providers of teacher education.
Learn to teach with the best
The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) has been ranked number one in the world for education for the past six years and our School Direct programmes are rated Outstanding by Ofsted across all subjects and phases.
IOE teacher educators are actively engaged in cutting-edge education research, with many of them writing the textbooks on every aspect of teaching.
The IOE approach
Our approach is grounded in teaching practice and underpinned by academic engagement, questioning and critical reflection.
We provide a wide range of subject-specific support across the primary and secondary phases, including in underserved primary curriculum areas, including music, Physical Education (PE) and computing, as well as in-depth knowledge in fields that sit within core curriculum areas, such as phonics.
Your university teaching days will include seminars, presentations and discussion time, enabling you to reflect on your teaching practice, learn from our expert university tutors, and interrogate the wider education system.
Two School Direct routes
- School Direct Salaried
The School Direct Salaried programme is an employment-based route into teaching for experienced graduates, with academic content provided by a university partner.
You will work for the school you apply to as a salaried employee while you train, gaining Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and meeting the Department for Education’s Teachers’ Standards, but you will not be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) unless you complete a top-up programme, for which there is a fee.
The IOE currently partners with primary schools only for School Direct Salaried routes:
- School Direct Tuition Fee
The School Direct Tuition Fee programme is a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) programme offered by schools in partnership with a university provider.
It enables you to study the same curriculum as a university-based PGCE student, to attain both QTS and the PGCE at the end of the programme, and to choose the group of schools you will work with.
As with School Direct Salaried, you apply to the school of your choice rather than to their university partner, and your first point of contact will be with the school rather than the university.
The IOE partners with both primary and secondary schools for School Direct Tuition fee routes:
You can also study a PGCE directly with the IOE. You will still have two placements in schools convenient to you but these will be arranged by the IOE rather than by the schools: