Entry Requirements

In order to be offered a place on the SCITT course all candidates must:

• Demonstrate that they can communicate accurately and effectively in spoken and written Standard English.
• Have achieved a standard equivalent to GCSE grade C in English, mathematics and science. No candidate will be interviewed unless the application form demonstrates they already hold an English and mathematics GCSE and are able to gain a Grade C in science before the interview processes are finished.
• Have gained at least one week's experience in a British primary school. This experience must be gained before interview and must have taken place within the last three years.
• Demonstrate the capacity to meet all the required Standards by the end of their training and possess the appropriate personal and intellectual qualities to be teachers.
• Pass health and CRB checks and have the physical and mental fitness to teach.
• Hold a degree of a United Kingdom higher education institution or equivalent qualification. All candidates selected will hold at least a Second Class Honours degree (preferably 2:1 or above) or equivalent.

All degree subjects will be considered, including subjects that are not directly linked to a National Curriculum subject.

Leicester and Leicestershrire School Centred Initial Teacher Training