Welcome to the Teaching Zone

In this section you can find information about the various teacher training routes available, and what it’s like to teach in an independent school. ISC has its own appropriate body for NQT induction (ISCtip) which acts in the same way as a local authority enabling some 1100 NQTs a year to pass induction in ISC schools in England and Wales.

Please use the links below to click straight through to the information you’re looking for.
Learn about the Independent sector
Teacher training leading to the award of QTS (qualified teacher status)
Information for Induction Tutor/Subject Mentors for NQTs
Information for NQTs

NQT registrations from January 2010
If you wish to register an NQT for a January (and beyond) start, please use our new digital system, go to https://isc.nqtmanager.com for more information on this new system is available here and if you have any queries please contact Wendy Sutton-Miller (wendy.sutton-miller@isc.co.uk).
 
EXISTING NQTS will remain on the old system.

The deadlines to register an NQT in the academic year 2009-10 are:
Friday 18 September 2009 (for an Autumn Term start)
Friday 15 January 2010 (for a Spring Term start)
Friday April 23 2010 (for a Summer Term start)
(Please note, late NQT registrations cannot be backdated)

'To access training information for Induction Tutors, click here.

The latest publication in the 'Leading Schools in the 21st Century' series, on NQTs has been published by John Catt Educational Ltd and is co-edited by Judith Fenn, Head of Schools' Services at ISC, and Nigel Richardson on behalf of HMC. For further details and an order form, link here.

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