The NIoT’s Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship is a fourteen-month programme that runs from July to August and leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) whilst remaining in paid employment in school.

The NIoT’s blended learning approach combines in-school experience, centre-based training and Off the Job Training.

Apprentices can specialise in Primary, Primary with mathematics or a specific subject at Secondary level. Details of all subjects can be found on the National Institute of Teaching website.

During the apprenticeship programme, the apprentice must successfully complete the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme, leading to the recommendation for QTS. This will typically be at the end of the third term. The apprentice will then go on to complete an end-point assessment. An assessor from an end-point assessment organisation (an accredited ITT provider who is independent from the training process) conducts the assessment. The assessment has two components: a lesson observation and a professional discussion.