I want to become a teacher, but where do I start?

Making the decision to become a teacher involves possessing certain natural qualities such as patience, kindness and a wish to nurture young minds. If you have these qualities then you can start to look at getting your qualification. So where do you start? Well first of all you will need a GCSE or equivalent to …

Websites to assist teachers with lesson planning

A large part of a teacher’s job is planning the lessons and coming up with fact sheets and material to use in the classroom. Teachers are required to create worksheets for children to use that are educational but also exciting and also need to ensure that the classroom has informative and colourful displays. This can …

Choosing which age group of pupils you want to teach

Teaching can be a challenging yet very rewarding job. There are many varieties of teaching jobs on offer from teaching reception children all way up to secondary school and to teaching in an adult learning environment either at a college or university or on training programmes. So how do you decide what age of pupil …