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Skills for life teachers work with adults and sometimes 16 to 18-year-olds to improve their English, maths and IT skills
You could work: evenings;
There will be
3.5% more Skills for life teacher jobs in 2029.
In your local area
As a skills for life teacher, you could:
You could work in the community, at a training centre or at an adult education centre.
You can get into this job through:
If you have a degree in a relevant subject, without qualified teacher status, you can apply for a postgraduate teacher training course like:
You can find more details about postgraduate courses on GOV.UK.
You'll usually need:
You can do a college course to complete a recognised teaching qualification.
Qualifications include:
You'll usually need:
You could apply to do a Learning and Skills Teacher Level 5 Higher Apprenticeship.
This typically takes around 2 years to complete.
You'll need a qualification or experience in the subject you want to teach.
You'll also need to show ability in English, maths and IT.
To find out if you're suited to this type of teaching, you could do some voluntary work, although this is not essential.
You can find out about volunteering opportunities at Do IT or at NCVO.
Further information
You can find out more about becoming a skills for life teacher from:
You'll need to:
There may be opportunities to move into more senior roles, like head of department, or to train other teachers.
You might also be self-employed and work as a freelance teacher.