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Teacher Training

From September 2007, all new teachers in the Learning and Skills Sector (post 16 education) in England have been required to have qualifications which form part of the Qualified Teacher Learning & Skills (QTLS) framework. The College offers a range of programmes endorsed by SVUK, the subsidiary company of Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK). The pathway taken will depend on the role to be undertaken. The roles are defined as either ‘Full Teacher Role’ or ‘Associate Teacher Role’. Roles are not dependent on how many hours teaching is undertaken by individuals, but by the nature of their job role.

City & Guilds 7303 Level 3 and 4 Award - Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)

This introductory qualification will confer a ‘threshold licence to teach’. All new teachers in the Learning & Skills Sector must complete this qualification, and it forms the gateway to the next stage of the qualification process. The Award comprises...

City & Guilds Level 2 Award in Preparing to Support Learning

This qualification aims to develop the learner's knowledge and understanding of key issues relating to learning support practice and to enable the learner to evaluate and improve learning support practice. Achievement of this qualification will allow...

City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Safeguarding Children and Young People

This qualification has been designed to meet a need in the childcare sector and beyond, to promote awareness and sensitivity to safeguarding issues and to emphasise the need for all workers, irrespective of their specific roll within an organisation...

City & Guilds NVQ Assessor and Verifier Units

Assessor and Verifier Units are work-based qualifications that assess the skills and knowledge that people have and need in order to perform their job role effectively. These qualifications are designed using Employment NTO occupational standards. The...

Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTLLS)

This course is for individuals deemed to be in the Full Teaching Role. The first year of the course inlcudes PTLLS and is comprised of 60 credits. The second year is comprised of further 60 credits. The full Diploma is validated by Bucks New University.


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(to 9.30pm for evening classes)