Moving from social work degree to teaching

Hi my question is that in order to become a teacher after you have worked in social work for along time how long will it take to become a teacher if to be specific how long and what is the fastes way to become a primary school teacher
Secondly I wanted to ask what subject would my social work degree help me in for further education e.g a level or secondary school for gcse what subject does it interlink with the most and again what is the fastest way to become a teacher in the relevant subject
Please reply
Many thanks
Abdur 😊

Reply 1

Get into Teaching

Original post by Abdur123

Hi @Abdur123

It's lovely to hear that you are considering a career in teaching. As you already have a degree, in order to qualify as a teacher you would need to take a one year postgraduate teacher training course leading to the award of QTS (Qualified Teacher Status), theses usually also include a PGCE/PGDE which are post graduate qualifications in education. In answer to your question about subjects for secondary and post 16 teaching, a social work degree lends itself very well to subjects like Health and Social Care.

I would recommend that you register for an adviser with The Get Into Teaching Service who can talk to you specifically about your situation and also help you with an application should you decide to pursue a teaching career. You can register for an adviser using the following link:

https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/help-and-support

The very best of luck!

Sue