QTS skills tests

Information about booking and preparing for your QTS skills tests

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Information about booking and preparing for your QTS skills tests

QTS skills tests

Book and prepare for your QTS skills tests

Take your tests within one month of your interview.

When you attend the test centre, bring evidence of your UEL application.

If you receive an offer, you must pass the tests by 1 August of the same academic year. 

If you have already passed the tests, tell us which test you passed and the date.

You can find more information on the registration process as well as guidance and support materials to help you pass the test on the DfE website.

Where you can take your test

You can take your skills tests at Pearson Professional Centres (PPCs) across the UK, with additional centres in: 

  • Paris
  • Madrid
  • Frankfurt

Prepare for your skills tests

Use these resources to prepare:

Skills test attempts and re-sits

You can resit each test up to two times per programme. 

  • This rule applies to all candidates from 1 September 2012
  • Any test taken from this date counts as your first attempt
  • Previous unsuccessful attempts before this date do not count

If you do not pass after two re-sits in either numeracy or literacy: 

  • You cannot book another skills test in either subject for 24 months from the date of your second re-sit 

This time allows you to improve your skills before trying again.

Request special arrangements for your test

If you needed special arrangements in previous exams, you can request the same support for your skills tests.

 

Before you book 

  • Select that you need special arrangements when registering online
  • Do not book a standard test first

 

Contact the skills test team 

For support with special arrangements, contact:

Skills Tests Helpline

 

Support at UEL 

  • You can also get advice from the Disability, Dyslexia and Access Centre (DDAC):

    Email: ddac@uel.ac.uk or
  • Telephone 020 8223 7611.

Cost of skills tests

  • Your first attempt is free
  • Re-sits cost £19.25 per test, payable at the time of booking

Get your test results

  • You will see your result on screen immediately after finishing the test
  • If you do not pass, you will receive feedback on screen
  • You will receive a printed copy of your result before leaving the test centre 

UEL will check your results through a secure system. 
 

Please visit the DfE website for the most up-to-date guidance.

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