Can you get a position as a teacher with a 3rd class degree?

[Spudnik21]

Good morning,

In your opinion is it possible ? Easy ?

I have a 3rd in chemistry . 10 years experience in industry and now 10 years as a science technician in a very large high school. I am wondering if I should make the jump, as I wont be eligible for any bursary I will have to self fund which is going to be difficult with 2 kids ( 1 set of nursery fees) I dont want to jump go through that year of financial hardship then struggle to get a job at the end.

Thanks

Of course you can. The classification of your degree has no baring on how good a teacher you will be. There is so much more to teaching than being good at writing essays and scoring highly on exams. Yes, the irony!

If that is your dream, pursue it.

Edit - granted I'm primary, so it might work differently. I wouldn't rule it out though. They should judge you on your teaching abilities, not your degree classification which was earned years ago.

If you're science you are likely to be able to be trained on the job if not eligible for the bursary. You would need to approach schools and could do a scheme like the teacher apprenticeship.

I would avoid AO route as there's no support, but a teacher apprenticeship is the middle ground between a PGCE and AO.

I would say so, seeing as private schools and academies can (and do) employ unqualified teachers, I got a 2:2 in my degree and am an excellent teacher - if I do say so myself 😂. I have also been told this by SLT and Ofsted. Good luck.

Thank you all. I have been having a good long think about this for a few years now. I have seen many trainees come though school. Part of the science tech role is to help train new science teachers in practical techniques and health and safety legislation i have had the pleasure of meeting some truly excellent teachers and some who appeared good before meeting them but weren't suited . It's a worry I would be the latter.

Omg, they would bite your hand off. Literally accepting anyone at my school trust in house training, even people with no degree. Whether you should or not, is of course the question!