General Professional Recognition Learning & Skills

Professional Recognition

The GPRLS scheme enables competent and experienced teachers to be recognised according to the requirements established by the FE Teachers' Qualifications (England) Regulations 2007. The scheme is designed for those for whom undertaking an initial teacher training qualification would be inappropriate. Successful applicants are in a position to commence the process of professional formation prior to applying for Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) or Associate Teacher Learning and Skills (ATLS), the new licences to practise that are conferred by the Institute for Learning (IfL).

Who can apply?

The scheme is open to:

  • existing members of the workforce (pre-September 2007) as one route to gaining licensed status
  • experienced teachers who are new entrants to the learning and skills sector
  • those part qualified for their role when the 2007 regulations were implemented

Routes to GPRLS

There are now two routes to GPRLS

GPRLS - Skills for Life

GPRLS - All Areas of Learning

Further detailed information about each of these routes can be accessed by selecting from the menu on the left hand side of this page.

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for applications to the centrally funded Recognition scheme is 6th October 2010. Applicants who submit either a Skills for Life or All Areas of Learning application after this date will be charged a processing fee.