International qualified teacher status: criteria for providers
The criteria that organisations must meet to provide international qualified teacher status (iQTS) for applicants training outside the UK.
Applies to England
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The criteria and supporting information for the 20232024 to 20242025 and 20242025 to 20252026 academic years are for:
- accredited English initial teacher training (ITT) providers who are approved to offer iQTS, and their partner schools
- organisations seeking approval to offer iQTS
You should refer to the 20242025 to 20252026 criteria and supporting information for courses starting from September 2024.2025.
Updates to this page
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Updated table 4 in criteria and supporting information for 2024 to 2025 to fix incorrect figures.
Update history
2025-10-29 12:00
Added ‘International qualified teacher status: criteria and supporting information, 2025 to 2026’.
2025-08-01 11:15
Updated table 4 in criteria and supporting information for 2024 to 2025 to fix incorrect figures.
2025-05-08 14:15
Updated ‘iQTS: criteria and supporting advice, 2024 to 2025’ to reflect changes to the iQTS general mentor training time requirements, and additional clarifications on the 80% contact ratio time requirement for part-time ITT courses.
2024-02-26 10:00
‘International qualified teacher status: criteria and supporting information – 2024 to 2025’ for courses starting from September 2024 was added.
2023-08-25 14:41
‘International qualified teacher status: criteria and supporting information’ updated to reflect end of pilot year.
2022-11-18 14:06
Updated ‘International qualified teacher status: criteria and supporting information’.
2022-10-17 10:56
‘Suitability’ section updated with information on safeguarding children and childcare disqualification. ‘Inspection’ section updated with iQTS inspection policy and inspectorate pilot information. Information on international qualifications equivalency, assessing the fitness of applicants and mentoring has been updated.
2022-06-10 11:04
Section C2.5 updated in preparation for wider roll-out of iQTS. Updates confirm that those who successfully complete iQTS will automatically be awarded qualified teacher status.