Teacher Training 2020 Applicants Thread

is it better to apply as soon as applications open in October or does it not matter? I won't have completed all of my school experience until November so I was thinking of applying later

is it better to apply as soon as applications open in October or does it not matter? I won't have completed all of my school experience until November so I was thinking of applying later

Can anyone help with this? -

I know that UCAS applications won't open until October, but I've heard you can register with UCAS before this date and input details, however on the website I can only see details on Undergraduate 2020 entry, nothing about teacher training.

you wont be able to do anything until the 1st of October 2019 for the 2020 entry.

I contacted the UCAS Teacher Training Helpline, and they told me you couldn't even register until October 8th? Where did you get your date from? (just because if it is the 1st that would be great, because we'd have more time to prepare our applications )

oops sorry! your probably right about the 8th of October
the 1st of October is when you can search for teacher training courses which is what it says on the teacher training website

Hi, the opening date will actually be tomorrow (08/10/2019) I am still stuck between primary with science, secondary English and psychology/social sciences... I graduated with a distinction from the University of Leicester with an MA in International Education in 2018. I previously completed a bachelor degree in psychology (hons) at the University of Nottingham and at the moment I am about to start a one month course in safeguarding children at the adult skills centre (anyone in Leicester/shire wanting to sign up, let me know and I'll PM you!). Hopefully the latter and my MA will give me strengths (that and the MA Ed head recommended me in person to the team! ) in my application. Sooo nervous. I will (hopefully) be applying to University of Leicester and University of Nottingham. The Professional Skills Tests were scrapped for prospective teachers... anyone have any idea why the new web pages for some PGCE courses still list this as a requirement?

Also, just so no one makes the same mistake as me and tries to take their PGCE Skills Tests early, we don't need them for 2020 entry. The government has changed the way it's done and it's going to be a part of the teaching courses instead. No one really knows what's going on, but I've contacted UCAS and the universities I plan on applying to, and they all say don't bother doing it.

Thank you so much!
I see this is probably where that info came from then!

Yes I am also looking at Leicester and Derby

Good point! Schools are extremely busy places. Kinda dumb of me to think they’d remember one email over a few months 😂

Thanks for the recommendation. I’m working on my personal statement right now and I’m doing a IGCSE in biology so I have all my qualifications in order 👍🏻 thanks for your advice!