Secondary teachers looking to register in an additional subject

If you hold Full Registration in a Secondary (Subject) Education, you can gain additional registration in an additional subject.

Academic requirements

Credit points can be gathered from undergraduate and/or postgraduate degree level study where the credit is of direct relevance to the teaching of the subject for which an application is being made.

The minimum academic requirements for registration in Sonecondary (Subject) Education is:

80 Scottish Credit Qualifications Framework (SCQF) credit points in the secondary subject with:
- at least 40 credit points must be SCQF level 7
- at least 40 credit points must be SCQF level 8

Particular subjects may have specific academic requirements. You can find out more, including what subjects are available for registration, on the Secondary teaching page.

If you have completed at least 40 credit points at SCQF level 7, or above, you can still apply and will be considered for Provisional (Conditional) Registration. If successful, you will have 3 years to complete the remaining credit points required.

Evidence required

When you apply for Provisional Registration in the additional secondary subject, you will need to submit evidence of the academic study that you have completed that is relevant to the additional subject.

We can only accept official documentation as evidence of academic study.

Your relevant study was part of a degree or other degree-level programme

If your relevant study was part of a degree or other degree-level programme you must submit one of the following as evidence:

If the relevancy to your additional subject is clear from the degree title (e.g. the additional subject is Mathematics and the degree title is MSc in Mathematics) and there are no specific subject requirements, you can submit your degree certificate as evidence
If the relevancy to your additional subject is not clear from the degree title (e.g. the additional subject is English and the degree title is BA in Combined Studies) or there are specific subject requirements, you can submit your academic transcript(s) as evidence*

* If your degree was awarded in the UK/European Economic Area, we can accept a diploma supplement or higher education achievement report (HEAR) document in place of a transcript.

Your relevant study was stand-alone modules

If your relevant study was stand-alone modules (e.g. Open University), you must submit official confirmation of successful completion of module(s). This will be issued by the awarding body and will confirm:

that you have successfully completed the module
the level of this module
and the number of credit points awarded

Your relevant study was both

For both degrees and stand-alone modules, if it is not clear from the module titles that these are relevant to the additional subject you must also submit module descriptors.

These are sometimes available on the awarding body’s website. If not, you must request these from the awarding body.