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Get telephone advice from the Teaching Information Line

If you would like to speak to the TDA about teaching or teacher training, please contact our information line on freephone 0800 389 2500 (or 0800 085 0971 for Welsh speakers).

You can also register online and we’ll send you our straightforward guide to teaching and teacher training, plus regular updates.

Premier Plus – the new enhanced service from the TDA

We have developed an enhanced service for those interested in teaching physics, maths, chemistry and modern foreign languages (MFL). If you are interested in teaching one of these subjects, sign up with us – all eligible* registrants will receive the following exclusive benefits:

  • Personalised one-to-one advice and guidance from a named adviser
  • Access to our new School Experience Programme (SEP) so you can sample life inside a modern secondary school before you apply
  • Invitations to exclusive events
  • Regular communications from us with important news, application hints and tips, and updates on funding
  • Access to courses which allow you to top up your subject knowledge before beginning your training (your chosen training provider will let you know if you are eligible)
  • Opportunities to speak to our teaching advocates – working teachers who can answer your questions about life in the classroom
  • Your Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) application fee reimbursed

*Available for those wanting to teach maths, physics, chemistry or MFL, who hold or are predicted to achieve at least a 2:2 degree, and who wish to start teacher training in the academic year 2012/13.

Additional support and specialist information and advice is also available if you have a disability and are interested in a career in teaching.

TDA Tracker

  • 30% more people are training to teach physics than in 2010
  • New: Physics with mathematics PGCE available – September 2012 start
  • £20k scholarships awarded by the Institute of Physics for PGCE courses
  • Every 5.5 minutes someone applies for postgraduate teacher training
  • 11 people apply for postgraduate teacher training every hour
  • Salaries for newly qualified teachers start from £21k–£27k
  • Bursaries: You could get £20k tax-free for courses starting in 2012
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