Qualifications for teachers, tutors, trainers, lecturers and instructors
in the FE sector in England

You remain qualified, so do not have to gain further qualifications to comply with regulations.

However, you must comply with CPD regulations and you are encouraged to gain licensed practitioner status (QTLS or ATLS), for example, through Route C.

If you teach literacy, numeracy or ESOL you are encouraged to gain licensed practitioner status, for example, through Route C or Route F.

You are expected (as part of IfL's expectations to maintain currency of subject specialism) to gain subject specific qualifications through Route F or Route G for each of the subjects you teach, unless you have already gained the relevant subject specific qualification at a minimum of NQF level four since 2002.




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ROUTE C

Qualifications requirements: Gaining recognition of prior experience and qualifications as equivalent to being part or fully qualified, i.e. through APL, Tariff database of Legacy Qualifications (TLQ), Professional Recognition Schemes, or through EU APL and recognition in conjunction with EU directive 2005/36/EC. Supplemented by top-up CPD, if required, to gain equivalence to being fully qualified.

Status required: QTLS or ATLS, following professional formation

Timescale: within 5 years


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ROUTE F

Qualifications requirements: PTLLS & Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector combined with a literacy, numeracy or ESOL subject specific qualification through the shorter integrated routes or by the longer additional route (using the separate Routes G and A) If you teach more than one of these subjects you will be required to take the additional Route G for each of the additional subjects taught

Status required: QTLS (following professional formation)

Timescale: within 5 years


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ROUTE G

Qualifications requirements: Subject specific literacy, numeracy and/or ESOL teaching qualifications through an ‘additional’ qualification route

Status required: QTLS (if not already gained). Professional formation required only in relation to gaining QTLS, i.e. those already with QTLS are exempt from further professional formation

Timescale: within 5 years


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