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Your Onboarding
Congratulations on a successful interview!
We look forward to you joining the 2026 cohort.
This page has all of the information you need to get prepared for your teacher training. You will see that we are very keen to support you before you start your teacher training course and will be keeping in touch with while you wait for the start to the course.
It's important that you read each section carefully which are written in order of priority.
If you need any help with your onboarding, please contact hello@teachbeyond.uk
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Accept
Offer
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School
Trial Day
3
WhatsApp Group
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Verify Documents
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Safeguarding
Checks
5
GCSEs
A Levels
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SKEs
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KiT
Meetings
9
Student Finance
Trainee portal
Support
1. Accept your offer
A conditional offer has been applied to your application on APPLY, please accept this offer as soon as possible.
To accept the offer, you will need to log in to APPLY. Click here to log in.
We will be able to see when you have done this at our end. You are allowed to wait until you have had other interviews with other providers if you wish to.
Tes Institute
Tes Institute will also send an offer email. You must complete the online registration form, learner agreement and suitability declaration as soon as this is received.
2. Your school trial day
We will organise a trial day for you at one of our partnership schools. If you already have a school lined up, you are still encouraged to take part in a trial day with the school you have arranged.
This is your chance to step into a real school environment, showcase your skills, and demonstrate your enthusiasm for teaching. It’s an opportunity to experience lessons first-hand, get a feel for the school, and make a positive impression on staff. Ensure you also showcase your subject knowledge strengths.
During a trial day, you can typically expect:
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A tour of the school, exploring the facilities and getting a sense of the school culture
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Time in lessons with the department or year group you are interested in
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An informal discussion or interview, giving you a chance to reflect and connect with staff
Some schools may also invite you to take part in a teaching experience —you’ll receive details in advance if this applies.
Make the most of your trial day: be confident, enthusiastic, proactive and use it to leave a lasting impression. You want to show high standards of professional behaviours through your discussions, engagement and attitude.
For any questions about trial days, please contact jade@teachbeyond.uk.
3. Join the WhatsApp group - connect with other trainees
Meet your cohort of trainees in your whatsapp group. Click here to connect and introduce yourself to the other trainees.
The Whatsapp group is a positive place for your cohort of trainees to start to connect and ask questions about onboarding, induction and the course. It it an optional forum.
As you would expect, we expect everyone to be courteous and professional in the group.
We use a different group to make announcements which you will be signposted to later.
4. Verification of your documents
Your conditional offer is based on the verification of your original documents and certificates. We may have to withdraw your offer if you are not able to provide the relevant documents within 4 weeks of your offer (this may be shorter towards the end of the recruitment cycle). If you need to order a document please email melissa@teachbeyond.uk. and provide evidence of the order.
Once you know that you have all of your documents and certificates ready, please click here to book in to have your documents verified in person. During this brief appointment, our team will verify each of your documents.
This is the guidance on the documents you will need:
Identification
Unsalaried trainees only (ITT Fee Paying):
Two documents to evidence your Identification, one must be your passport (must not expire within 6 months of verification) or driving licence (see attached list) and a birth certificate if you do not have a current passport.
One document to evidence your proof of address. This must be dated within three months and not downloaded from the internet. Driving licence and mobile phone bill is not accepted. Your DBS will be posted to the address on your proof of address.
Salaried/Apprenticeship trainees only:
One document to evidence your identification, passport or Driving licence and a birth certificate if you do not have a current passport.
One document to evidence your proof of address. This must be dated within three months and not downloaded from the internet. Driving licence and mobile phone bill is not accepted.
Certificates
All candidates:
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Degree certificate and final transcript.
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Masters certificate (if we have requested this).
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ENIC (if your degree or school certificates were studied abroad).
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GCSE certificates for Maths, English and Science (if teaching primary), statement of results are not accepted. If you need to order a ‘certified statement of results’ we need to see the evidence of the order.
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A level certificate, if your degree is not in the subject you are teaching.
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Certificate of Good conduct (if you have spent any time travelling or living abroad after the age of 18, for more than three months) within the last 10 years.
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All documents must be translated to English by a certified translation service.
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Marriage certificate (if your certificates are in your maiden name).
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Change of name document if any of your documents are in a different name.
Other
All candidates:
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A full Curriculum Vitae. Please account for all gaps in history, including time spent at home raising children.
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Both references must have professional email addresses on your teacher training application. Please check this with your referees. i.e. yahoo, Hotmail, BTinternet, will not be accepted by the university as a contact on your references within your teacher training application form.
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Share code and right to work evidence for overseas applicants (if applicable).
If there is any delay in obtaining any of your documents, please contact melissa@teachbeyond.uk
5. GCSE/A level certificates and equivalency tests
Certificate Reprints
If you need to apply for GCSE or A level certificate reprints, please can you send a copy of the order to the exam board to meslissa@teachbeyond.uk so that we know this has been requested. You must provide evidence of the order to meet compliance eligibility.
GCSE Equivalency tests
If you need to sit equivalency tests we can help to arrange this. Click here to read our guide on preparing for and booking your test.
You must pass your equivalency tests within 4 weeks once we have applied an offer to your teacher training application on APPLY.
If you have already passed an equivalency test with a different provider, we may be able to accept this. Please send a copy of this to melissa@teachbyeond.uk.
6. Subject Knowledge Enhancement Course - SKE
If you have agreed to complete a Subject Knowledge Enhance course (SKE), we will send an email to invite you to apply for this.
These courses are online and can be accessed when convenient to you. You will be assigned a tutor from the provider to support you in your learning.
Most trainees receive a bursary for completing this training. We will let you know if you are eligible for the bursary which is paid monthly, if you already have your degree. If you are still completing your degree, the provider will pay this once they have seen your degree certificate. Please forward the details of your SKE provider to melissa@teachbyeond.uk. If your circumstances change and the SKE becomes difficult to fit in, please contact michelle@teachbeyond.uk for advice.
7. Safeguarding checks
DBS check
Salaried and Apprenticeship trainees will have their DBS application processed by their placement school.
Unsalaried trainees will have their DBS application processed by TES Institute.
To know which documents are acceptable for your DBS application, please click here.
Once your DBS has been completed, you will need to sign up to the "update service" to ensure that is stays live.
Please click here for guidance for overseas applicants regarding criminal record checks.
Once you receive your DBS certificate in the post that you complete this form.
Please note Tes will only raise DBS requests for ITT fee paying trainees. All employment based trainees will have theirs completed by their School.
The DBS process will only commence once Tes have completed all necessary checks such as social media, health screening, verified documents received and fundamental assessments results are received.
PLEASE KEEP YOUR DBS CERTIFICATE SAFE AS THIS WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT YOUR TRAINING YEAR. If lost, there is a replacement cost to the trainee of approximately £60.
Certificate of Good Conduct – CoGC
You must apply for a CoGC for any country you have lived in for more than 3 months in the last 10 years. This must be received prior to the start of the course. Click here to read the guide on how to do this.
Overseas applicants – Residency Status and funding
Click here to read out guide for overseas applicants
This guide covers:
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Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)
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Settled Status
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Spousal Visa - with indefinite leave to remain
EU candidates should seek settled status, if resident in the UK before December 2020 or will need to apply for the new student visa route or salaried sponsorship.
8. Keeping in Touch meetings and Induction
Keeping In Touch Sessions
During the year leading up to your teacher training course, we will be running a series of "Keeping in Touch" meetings for all trainees to attend. The sessions are designed to help you start to understand the course ahead of the induction days. The "Keeping in Touch" meetings run at 7pm and are all recorded if you are unable to attend live.
Check out the recordings and meetings links on your Trainee Portal.
Induction Days
Details of induction are on the Trainee Portal.
9. Student Finance
Tes had provided a step by step guide to applying for Student Finance. This guidance has been created to support ITT trainees on a full-time programme to apply for Student Finance with Student Finance England. Please click on the link to find out more about applying for student finance.
Trainee Portal
Throughout your course, as there is so much information, we bring everything together for you in once place; your Trainee Portal.
Please visit the portal for all of the latest updates to prepare you for starting your course.
Trainee portal