Most people aged 19 years and over can qualify for free course fees and there are grants and bursaries you can apply for to help cover the costs of coming to college, depending on your circumstances.

If you don’t qualify for funding help and have to pay for course, you could pay a 25% deposit and four consecutive monthly standing order payments for the balance. The course fee must be over £100 to qualify.

For one to one advice, contact our friendly team who will assess your individual circumstances and give you the right information. You can contact them on 0191 490 2246 [email protected] or via Live Chat.

If this is a Level 3 qualification and you may qualify for free course fees and there may be grants and bursaries you can apply for to help cover the costs of coming to college, depending on your circumstances. If you already have a full level 3 qualification and are aged 19 or over you can pay the fee in full upfront and receive a 10% discount. Or you can apply for an Adult Advanced Learner Loan, a low interest loan with no upfront fees that you pay back in installments once you’re earning. For more information, come along to an Enrolment Event, call 0191 490 4627 or email [email protected]

Those aged under 18 years old are not eligible to study this course as it is a part time programme.

Your next steps would be to either progress into the working within schools.

You could also subject to interview progress onto the Level 3 teaching and learning in schools.

• a GCSE or equivalent at grade C or above in English
• at least one years’ experience working with children
• Level 2 qualification in literacy and numeracy (or be working towards this)
• a basic knowledge of ICT skills (as all assignments need to be word processed)

Your Curriculum Leaders are Sarah Latheron and Amanda Macdonlad. They work with a very diverse team of teachers and assessors.

“My role is to shape our teachers of the future with a genuine passion, drive, and commitment that supports and inspires their journey.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff at Gateshead College for all their help and support throughout the whole process that I’ve been through. Their support was incredible -whether that be supporting with skills scans or logging OTJ hours, the staff explained to me what I needed to do and supported me throughout the whole process of completing my apprenticeship” Tova – Student

We work with a large range of local schools who provide our students with current placement experience where you will be able to demonstrate current practice.

You will be required to undergo one day per week mandatory placement within a school setting.

This will give you the opportunity to develop competence within the classroom your competency will be assessed by qualified assessors.

Competency of practice will need to be met to complete the qualification.