Your UK teaching contract has landed. You’ve probably read the salary first, checked the school’s name, and started thinking about flights, accommodation and when you can finally make the move. Hold up for a minute. Before you sign, there are […]
As an overseas teacher, you’ll hear unfamiliar words almost from your first day in a UK school. Key stages, SATs, safeguarding and dozens of other terms can come up, often without any explanation. You can usually work out the meaning […]
Safeguarding in schools in the UK covers the statutory duties, checks, and terms you need to know before starting your teaching role there. You’ll hear many of these terms during interviews, with the remaining ones introduced during induction week. Overseas […]
Teacher recruitment timelines matter because UK schools hire on a fairly fixed calendar. Apply outside that window, and your CV can land in a quiet inbox for months. That’s usually why a promising application seems to vanish into thin air. […]
Moving to England to teach sounds really exciting until you realise how much you don’t know about the process. The UK education system has its own rules around qualifications, visas, and hiring timelines. And most overseas teachers only discover these […]
Unlike most countries, UK school interviews typically involve a full day of assessment rather than a single interview. Rather than focusing on one conversation, schools often combine several stages into a single visit. Each one tests a different part of […]
The Skilled Worker visa took over from the old Tier 2 (General) route back in December 2020. Teacher vacancies in UK schools have hit six times their pre-pandemic levels, after all. Because of that, international teachers are filling those gaps, […]
Support services are important because teaching abroad means handling visas, finding the right school, and getting guidance from someone who understands the whole process. The problem is that most teachers receive very little structured support before their move. This leaves […]
The most common mistakes teachers make when applying for UK roles include sending unproofread documents, writing generic personal statements, and ignoring the person specification. These are some of the reasons many skilled educators never make it to the interview stage. […]
UK schools hire international teachers through direct applications. You apply to individual schools or use education job boards. There is no central government body that places teachers into roles, so each school manages its own recruitment process. We understand if […]
