3. Initial teacher training in England
There are three main routes for initial teacher training in England that lead to qualified teacher status, each with different funding arrangements.
•Bachelor of Education (BEd): an undergraduate degree, usually for four years’ full-time study or equivalent, with qualified teacher status gained after a year’s successful teaching, although there are now some two-year and three-year undergraduate courses that lead to qualified teacher status.
•PGCE or PGDE: a postgraduate qualification, delivered either by a higher education institution or through a ’school-centred initial teacher training’ provider, including the School Direct (non-salaried) programme, usually for one year (or the part-time equivalent), with qualified teacher status gained after a year’s successful teaching.
•Employment-based initial teacher training: this can be undertaken through the School Direct (salaried) programme.