United Teaching Blog

Researching teacher training can feel like navigating a minefield of acronyms. SCITT, DfE, NQT, SKE, DBST – it can be a lot to take in!

You don’t need to know what they all mean before applying, but...

Writing a personal statement for a teacher training application can be daunting, especially if it’s been a few years since you’ve had to write something like this. Whether you’re applying through...

Teacher training providers review your application in detail. They use it to get a sense of you as a person, your work history, and your qualifications. It’s therefore crucial to ensure you’re...

We are delighted to announce that Ofsted have judged United Teaching to be an Outstanding teacher training provider! Inspectors confirmed that United Teaching “offers the highest quality of education...

We spoke to Connie McKinney about her journey with United Teaching, through United Learning and then back to United Teaching once again. When you train to teach with us the opportunities for...

Design Technology is not usually the first subject that people consider when thinking about training to teach, but the subject is hugely popular with pupils and a strong component of the curriculum...

If you love the English language and all its foibles as much as we do, could you teach it? Would you enjoy widening the vocabulary of students, teaching them how to listen, read, write and speak to...

If you have a passion for numbers, data and formulae, wouldn’t it be great to inspire the next generation of mathematicians,statisticians, economists, computer scientists, and engineers?

Science is the gateway to the future! Are you ready to inspire the next generation of scientific geniuses and Nobel prize winners? 

Learning another language is more than just learning words and phrases- it is learning about different cultures, people, ways of communicating and expression. Teaching languages is hugely rewarding...

The world is one big and amazing place and if it interests you as much as it does us, then you might be in the right place to come and inspire the next generation of explorers or climate champions...

Hi, I’m Tom, and I’m a United Teaching trainee at Northampton Academy.