I am a trained primary school teacher from an EU country. Am I qualified to teach my native language (French/Spanish/German) in an English secondary school?
You can apply for formal recognition of your qualification to obtain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) – enquire by emailing: tqhelpdesk@gtce.org.uk. Once you have QTS, you are then eligible to teach in either primary or secondary, and would then need to apply for a suitable vacant post. It is likely that your lack of experience with secondary aged pupils is a disadvantage. It may be helpful to gain more experience with this age group through working as a classroom assistant or doing some voluntary work in a secondary school/youth club. If you are awarded QTS, it is unlikely that funding would be available for you to retrain to teach languages at secondary level.
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