Application for registration documentation – FE lecturers qualified outside Scotland

Failure to send in all the required documentation will result in your application being delayed. It may also lead to your application being closed and destroyed. If this happens you will be required to re-apply and you will be treated as a new applicant who will be required to complete another application form, provide supporting documentation and pay the non-refundable processing fee.

FE lecturers who have qualified outside of Scotland are required to send the following documents along with the application form:

1. Non-refundable processing fee of £60.00.

2. Teaching Qualification Certificate e.g. PGCE Further Education

3. Transcript of teaching qualification (i.e. list of modules completed) - this should include details of your teaching practice. If your TQ was an in-service programme you should also provide documentation to confirm this. 

4. Official documentation from the Teacher Education Institution confirming age range in years covered by TQ.

5. Official documentation from the Teacher Education Institution confirming subjects covered by TQ.

If TQ was not subject specific provide statement instead from College where employed during TQ, confirming subjects taught - NB not required if employed at this College within last five years and nominating a referee from there.

6. Official letter from Ministry of Education in home EU Member State confirming age range in years and subject(s) to which your recognition as teacher in that country relates. This only applies to EU candidates.

7. Official certified translations of all documents (if applicable). If your documentation is in a language other than English, you must supply photocopies of this documentation in the original language and certified English translations (prepared and certified by an accredited translator). This does not apply to your passport.

In the case of EU qualified teachers, a translation of your birth certificate will also not normally be required. However, we reserve the right to request that you provide your own translation of your birth certificate if we feel that this is appropriate in your own particular case. The Association of Translation Companies can tell you about translation companies.

8. Nomination of a referee who can comment on your most recent teaching  service.  Please note that we are only able to consider teaching service from the last 5 years. If you have not taught during the last 5 years you should nominate a character referee instead. For further information on the type of reference we can consider please refer to the Application for registration references

9. Overseas criminal record checks. If you were born overseas and lived there until adulthood or have spent more than 3 months outside the UK in the last 10 years you should obtain an overseas criminal record check confirming that you do not have a criminal record in said country. We will require a national check for the specific country eg FBI or RCMP checks.

If this applies to you, you must obtain this document before you submit your application. Some countries can take several months to issue a certificate.

10. Documentation in support of a name change.

11. Birth certificate.

12. Personal details page of passport.