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Get Into Teaching

Find out how Get Into Teaching is inspiring the next generation of teachers

We've joined forces with Get Into Teaching to help inspire the next generation of teachers by equipping them with skills for life that are transferable to a dynamic career in teaching.

We have also co-designed some exciting new activities to help Explorers and Young Leaders develop their leadership, communication and problem-solving skills.

Why become a teacher?

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5 reasons to choose teaching

  • Help shape young minds and help shape the future: Scouts helps to instil attitudes and beliefs, building skills that you can bring into teaching to help shape the next generation.
  • Turn your passion into your profession: What passions or skills has Scouts awakened in you? If you love something, you'll love teaching it. There's nothing better than seeing people being inspired by the things you're passionate about. We all remember the person who gave us our love of clouds or history.
  • As they grow, you grow: In Scouts, you'll be challenged and rewarded every day, as you will being in Teaching. Teaching will not only enable you to make a difference, but also grow and fulfil your own potential.
  • More time to do what you love: What do you love doing with your summer holidays? Travelling, camping? Teaching gives you more holiday than most careers, which means you won’t have to give up what you love doing.
  • Get more than you thought from teaching: If you find a passion that you want to share with young people, you’ll never work a day in your life. You will get paid more than you might think to do something you love.

While there are different routes you can take to be a teacher there are a few essential things that you will need:

  • A minimum GCSE Grade 4 or above in English and maths to teach secondary (plus science if you want to teach primary)
  • A degree or equivalent qualification

Find out how to become a teacher.

Start out inspiring your class, end up inspiring your school.

A career in teaching offers you varied and exciting prospects that work around your interests and ambitions.

Once you’re qualified, there are so many opportunities open to you in terms of progressing and taking on new roles.

You may have a particular interest in a subject, such as art or history, or you could want to work within a specific group, such as with GCSE students or with young people with additional needs. You may want to become an inspiring leader.

Whatever it is you want to do, you’ll be able to advance your knowledge and complete qualifications that will further your career. 

Find out how to move up the career ladder in teaching

For teaching the next generation you’re entitled to a competitive salary, generous holidays and a substantial pension.

You’ll get more days of holiday than people in many other professions. In school, full-time teachers work 195 days per year. For comparison, you’d work 227 days per year (on average) if you worked full time in an office.

Find out about teacher pay and benefits

            

A Squirrel lights a candle on top of a cupcake with the help of a volunteer.

Teaching needs people who are compassionate, emphatic, resilient, patient, responsible, and driven, and it really helps to have a sense of humour. It requires such a variety of different personalities and a wide range of skills, so anyone can become a teacher. A lot of the key attributes in teaching are around character, which are not taught academically. You do need a degree in a subject that you love and are passionate about, but teaching is about how you enthuse and engage with people. If that is you, then you should go into teaching.

Vicky Conway - vice principal and science teacher

About Get Into Teaching

Get Into Teaching is a free information service from the Department for Education. It’s designed to support you throughout your journey to becoming a teacher.

You’ll find advice and guidance to help you decide if teaching is right for you, as well as inspiring stories from others who are training to teach. 

You can access free support services for as much or as little help as you need. Find out how to get into teaching

Try the activities

Use your imagination, teach and learn with our activities.

Try our Get Into Teaching activities >

The beautiful thing about this career is you can shape it to be unique to you. There are so many additional roles in a school, so be brave and ambitious because, like me, you may just surprise yourself with the path you can take

Lauren - assistant headteacher and primary school teacher