Start your teaching career with a PGTA
Want to become a qualified teacher? Achieve your career goals and earn while you learn with a Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship
Our Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship
Whether you’re at the start of your career, already work in a school but want to give teaching a try or are looking for a new challenge, our PGTA programme can help you get your teaching journey off to the best possible start.
Orange Moon Education’s PGTA is a fully funded and salaried teacher training programme that results in Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). It provides an attractive alternative to the traditional PGCE route for university graduates looking to get into teaching.
We tailor the programme around each learner’s needs to produce well-rounded and inspiring teachers with all the skills, knowledge and expertise they need to help the children they work with reach their full potential. We believe this holistic approach helps raise standards in the industry, leading to improved outcomes for children of all ages.
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About our PGTA
Orange Moon Education upholds the highest standards of teacher training, so we can fulfil our ambition for all our trainees to achieve Good or Outstanding Qualified Teacher Status and complete the overall PGTA with a Merit or Distinction. Once you’ve completed your PGTA, you’ll achieve QTS and be able to apply for teaching jobs across the UK. You’ll also be able to:
- Design and deliver well-structured lessons
- Demonstrate good curriculum and subject knowledge
- Set high standards to challenge, motivate and inspire pupils
- Accelerate pupils’ progress and improve their outcomes
- Tailor their teaching style and approach the strengths and needs of each pupil
- Manage behaviour effectively
- Ensure a safe, nurturing and productive learning environment
Benefits
Alternative to PGCE
PGTA is a more flexible route into teaching if you already have a degree but don’t want to do a PGCE
Earn while you learn
Work towards QTS in a school-based environment and earn a salary while you learn and develop
Fully funded
The Apprenticeship Levy covers costs of up to £9,000, meaning you pay nothing while you train
Multiple entry points
Flexible start dates throughout the academic year so you can start your PGTA when it suits you
Eligibility
To be eligible for PGTA Apprenticeship funding, you must meet the following criteria:
- Aged 16 or over
- UK or EEA Citizen
- Lived in the UK or EEA for the three years before starting the apprenticeship
- Have a valid and eligible residency status or certain immigration status
- Hold a Grade C/4 or equivalent in GCSE English and Maths
- Hold a Grade C/4 GCSE in a Science subject if you intend to teach pupils aged 3–11
- Hold a 2.2 bachelor’s degree or higher (or equivalent) for entry to graduate Initial teacher training
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Check out our latest PGTA courses
We offer a wide range of high-quality Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeships in subjects including maths, physics, computing, chemistry, modern languages and primary years education.
Our PGTAs are perfect for graduates who want to learn to teach in a school-based environment while also getting paid. They will equip you with all the skills, training and knowledge you need to become a qualified teacher. To find out more and apply, check out our course directory.
Why choose Orange Moon Education?
Orange Moon Education can help ensure your journey into teaching gets off to the best possible start.
We’re a consortium of leading education specialists and training providers who share a common goal to improve outcomes for children and young people and help them reach their full potential.
We believe the best way to achieve this is by raising the bar across the childcare and education sectors and helping practitioners achieve the highest standards. We do this by providing high-quality specialist training to equip them with the skills, knowledge, and experience they need to positively impact the lives of the children and young people they work with.
Our delivery team comprises sector specialists with many years’ experience working as headteachers, teachers, teaching assistants, childminder educators, nursery managers and nursery practitioners. We’ve partnered with leading universities, multi-academy trusts, teaching school alliances, SCITT providers and schools.
Our partners
The Orange Moon Education consortium is made up of the following delivery partners:
Orange Moon Training
A specialist provider of high-quality training to childcare and education practitioners, approved to deliver vocational qualifications Levels 1-5 and Government-funded programmes including apprenticeships and traineeships.
Bradford Birth to 19 SCITT
A Department for Education-approved Schools Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) provider, selected by us to deliver the Qualified Teacher Status element of the Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship programme.
Link3 Recruitment
An award-winning recruitment agency operating within the education sector, serving schools across the UK. Link3 currently works in alliance with nurseries, academies, primary schools, secondary schools and multi-academy trusts.