Sister getting QTS in the UK

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Hi

I am 30 years old and I live in the UK with my family.

I have a younger sister who is almost 15. Our parents live in Switzerland with her at the moment. My sister wants to be a teacher and move to the UK when she's older. In Switzerland, she knows exactly what her future is. Because she will be getting her teaching degree in Switzerland, she will get an automatic QTS (qualified teacher status) in the UK. She also has a British passport as she was born in England and she lived there for 4 years.

However, my parents are thinking of moving to Russia (they are Russian). They have started looking for flats there but it isn't definite if they are going to move. My sister hopes that they don't move because otherwise she will have to learn to read and write. Also that means she can't get automatic QTS in the UK later because she received her teaching degree in Russia.

I have read somewhere that she will get automatic QTS if she has a British passport but I read somewhere else that she can only get automatic QTS if the country where the person got their degree from is from the EEA. If the country is not from the EEA, they will have to undergo further training to get a QTS. Russia isn't from the EEA so does it mean my sister will have to undergo further training?

My sister is worried because if she can't get automatic QTS, then she will have to undergo training for 4 years but she won't have any money to live in the UK while she is doing her training.

My sister also wants to be a housemistress/ house parent in a boarding house as she boarded in the UK for a few years. Can she maybe become an HM while undergoing her QTS training? Will schools let her become an HM without any past experience?

Thank you :) x

Blimey she's only 15 - she can't have her career mapped out at every move now she's far too young!

A UK teaching degree gets her QTS. A UK degree in any other subject plus a year post grad (funded) gets her QTS. Latter is a better route as long as she does a main school subject as she'd be able to teach secondary. Boarding schools are secondary only pretty much. I highly doubt a young newly qualified would get a house mistress position - I'd hope not anyway. You need to be very experienced to deal with teen shit.

A degree from a non EU country would just mean she had to do the year post grad. Not sure where your four years comes from. Regardless of where your parents live she could still come to university in the U.K.

another thing: our parents are unwilling to find university in the UK because stuff happened while my sister was boarding so they hate the UK now

Thank you very much - that helps

Education in England is not so clear cut.
You only need qts to teach in maintained (local authority) school. Academies, free schools, independent schools etc can employ anyone who can persuade them that they can do the job.
It is also possible to convert teaching qualifications from other countries- you work with a training school for fixed period (maybe a term, but it varies) to produce evidence that you have the professional knowledge and skills required. This is then assessed and qts can be awarded.

Boarding schools may well employ as asst house parent, and there is a course (1yr, university of Buckingham I think) which allows transfer to qts I think...or maybe it replaces nqt, Hhmmm, have a look!!

With a recognised degree she should be able to apply for a pgce.

Could she live with you whilst at University here in the UK? At 18 she'll be an adult and University is very different to boarding school. If she wants to teach here, surely doing a course here makes much more sense?