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Applications for 2027 teacher training positions are now open!


Now Teach is the Network for people becoming teachers after a career elsewhere. We provide access to free specialist support to help you explore your options, navigate the application and interview process and throughout your teaching career. You’ll join a Network of over 1000 career changers connecting at each stage of the journey, from those just starting out to those with years of teaching experience.

 

Now Teachers bring valuable life and work experience from outside of education to the classroom. Now Teachers enrich schools with their unique skills and have a lasting impact on the students they teach. 

We are charity, so there is no cost to you.


Now Teach believes that schools and students benefit from the professional and life experience that career changers bring to teaching.


Through the Now Teach Network, career changers share their experience, learn from each other and support one another. This helps us grow as teachers and increases the difference we can make for students and schools.


We describe a Now Teacher as someone who:

  • Wants to be part of a Network of career changers - learning from the experience of others and, over time, sharing their own.         
  • Sees their previous career not as something to leave behind, but as an asset they'll bring into the classroom, and eventually into a wider network of career changers.        
  • Is inspired to teach in state secondary schools in England where the need is greatest.         
  • Has no significant paid classroom experience in secondary schools. We do accept applications from people with HE backgrounds.
  • Has around 15 years of career experience. This can include a career break.

Eligibility Questions


Before we start, please provide your email address. If anything goes wrong, we can get right back to you
Your answers to the next few questions help us understand if you are eligible to apply to become a secondary school teacher based on government criteria:



ENIC, or the European Network of Information Centres, is an organization that helps recognise and compare qualifications from different countries. UK ENIC (formerly UK NARIC) helps evaluate foreign qualifications to see how they align with UK standards.

The accreditation that allows individuals to teach in most state schools in England. It is a legal requirement in most schools. To gain QTS, individuals must complete an approved teacher training program.

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About You

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Data Protection and Privacy Notice 

Your privacy is important to us. We collect and use your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. We process your information as necessary for the purposes of administering your registration, providing advice and support, managing your participation in the Now Teach Network, and pursuing our legitimate interests in operating and improving the Network.

Where appropriate and necessary for these purposes, we may share your information with trusted third parties, including training providers, research organisations, government bodies and organisations supporting the delivery of the Now Teach Network. Any such sharing will be authorised, proportionate, and carried out in compliance with applicable data protection laws. We will ensure appropriate transparency measures and, where required, data sharing agreements or other safeguards are in place. Data will be anonymised or minimised wherever possible.


If you have any questions, you can contact us at For information about how we use your personal data, your data protection rights, how to exercise those rights, and how to contact us with any privacy-related queries, please refer to our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions, you can contact us at dataprotection@nowteach.org.uk.

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You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us at info@nowteach.org.uk. We will always treat your personal data with respect and in line with the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR. 

It looks like you are not eligible for postgraduate initial teacher training

Thank you for your interest in Now Teach. Unfortunately, you are currently not eligible for postgraduate teacher training because:
  • you do not have GCSE English and you are not willing to take an equivalency test 
  • you do not have GCSE Maths and you are not willing to take an equivalency test 
  • you do not have an undergraduate degree 
  • you already hold a Qualified Teacher Status in England
For more information on re-starting your teaching career, please visit Return to Teaching.
  • you are not eligible to work and live in the UK
Please see further information on training to teach on the government website.

If your circumstances change in the future, we'd love to hear from you again, but sadly at this time we're not the right service to support you. 

It looks like you are not eligible for joining Now Teach

Thank you for your interest in Now Teach, based on your responses you wouldn’t be eligible for our support programme and career change network.



We would encourage you to continue exploring teaching by contacting Get Into Teaching, who can provide guidance and support for all individuals entering the teaching profession. You can find valuable resources, advice, and personal support to help you on your journey.

Please see further information on who we are able to support on our website.

If your circumstances change in the future, we'd love to hear from you again, but sadly at this time we're not the right service to support you.  

We wish you the very best of luck in your journey into teaching!