The Charterhouse
Graduate Teacher Programme
Most graduate schemes give you a desk. We give you the floor.
A two-year training programme enabling you to experience the whole profession from your first term. Teach, mentor, lead and become part of a boarding community. Gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a PGCE, with a salary and accommodation throughout.
Followed by an optional two-year Early Career Pathway at Charterhouse.
Responsibility from day one.
TE@CH is a two-year graduate programme for exceptional graduates who want responsibility, purpose and professional development from the outset.
You'll receive a salary, free accommodation and fully funded teacher training at one of the UK's leading schools.
You will be known, mentored and challenged from the moment you arrive, experiencing the whole profession, not just the classroom. And you'll leave with qualifications, experience and skills that will stay with you wherever your career leads.
A start with options
The scheme takes place in our fully coeducational school, with:
- A starting salary of £34,231
- Accommodation on our stunning Surrey campus spread over 250 acres, 45 minutes from London
- A fully-funded qualification
- The Charterhouse network supporting you
Highly personalised
Become one of just a few, not one of hundreds. As part of a small cohort, you will be supported and invested in from your first day to your last.
The whole profession
You will experience the whole profession, not one slice of it: teaching, pastoral care, boarding, mentoring, and co-curricular life.
The skills you build (leading a room, explaining complex ideas, reading people, making decisions under pressure) are the ones every employer wants, and not every graduate job gives you from the outset.
A career in teaching provides room to grow and, in time, to take on wider responsibility. Even if your career takes you elsewhere, you leave with a start that gives you options and skills that travel.
A Two-Year Course - Followed by
an Optional Pathway
Year 1
Most teacher training routes focus on the classroom. Your Charterhouse Year gives you the whole profession, four parts woven together:
Teach: Join a subject department and teach from your first weeks. Grow your subject knowledge, curriculum, and classroom practice, building from observation to teaching your own classes. All with the support of your subject mentor and weekly training.
Care: Get to know the whole pupil - relationships, wellbeing, safeguarding, and the moments that matter.
Live: Become part of a boarding House community and build your professional identity.
Lead: Coach a team, run a society, or start a project. Over the year, you’ll take on your own activities to lead.
Year 2
Learn to teach exceptionally well. In Year 2 you will complete an accredited, employment-based training year with our university partner, gaining Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a PGCE.
You continue teaching at Charterhouse with a growing timetable, supported by both School and University mentors, and deepen your subject teaching, planning, and assessment. You will also remain as part of your boarding House and contribute to co-curricular life. By the end of the year you’re a qualified teacher, and the two-year programme is complete.
Your qualification, experience, and skills go wherever your career goes next.
Years 3 & 4
The option to apply for two further years at Charterhouse as an Early Career Teacher (ECT, the role formerly called NQT), subject to progression and available posts.
Your own timetable and the structured early career support every new teacher receives: a dedicated mentor, protected development time, deepen expertise and begin to lead. You will complete your early career induction as an expert classroom practitioner and a trusted pastoral professional. You act as a role model in your House and, with support, begin to take on wider responsibility in your subject, pastorally, or across the School. By the end of Year 4 you’re ready for your next step, in the classroom or in leadership, at Charterhouse or beyond.
Your Questions
| Who is TE@CH for? |
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We are looking for graduates who are academically strong, curious, resilient and excited by the prospect of working with young people. You do not need previous teaching experience. We welcome applications from both graduates and career changers who can demonstrate the qualities needed to inspire, support and lead pupils. |
| What are you looking for in applicants? |
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We look for people who demonstrate:
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| What qualifications do i need? |
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Applicants will normally be expected to have:
Please see the full application criteria before applying.
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| What Qualifications will i gain? |
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Successful participants will gain:
These qualifications are achieved through our accredited university training partnership. |
| Will i be paid |
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Yes. You will receive a salary from your first day on the programme. The starting salary for first-year TE@CH participants in 2027 is £34,231. |
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Is accommodation included? |
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Yes. Free accommodation is provided throughout your participation in the programme. |
| are there any training fees? |
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No. Your teacher training is fully funded by Charterhouse. There are no tuition fees or training costs payable by you. |
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Why choose TE@CH over another graduate scheme? |
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Te@ch offers the opportunity to:
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| What support will i have? |
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Every participant is supported by experienced colleagues, including:
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| How much teaching will i do? |
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Teaching responsibilities increase as your confidence and experience develop. In your first year, you will work alongside experienced teachers and gradually take on greater responsibility. During your training year, you will teach a timetable appropriate to your stage of development and training requirements. |
| What is boarding like? |
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Boarding is a distinctive part of the Charterhouse experience. Participants contribute to the life of a boarding house through activities such as pastoral support, community events and evening duties. |
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Can I be involved in sport, music, drama or other activities? |
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Absolutely. We are looking for people with interests, passions and talents beyond their academic subject. Whether your interests are in sport, music, theatre, debating, outdoor education or another area, you will have many opportunities to contribute to the wider life of the school. |
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What happens after the programme? |
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TE@CH is a two-year programme on a fixed-term contract. After gaining QTS and a PGCE, participants may apply for our optional two-year Early Career Pathway. This provides:
Graduates may also go on to pursue teaching opportunities elsewhere or take the skills gained through TE@CH into other professions. |
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Am I guaranteed a job at Charterhouse afterwards? |
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Participants who successfully complete the programme will be eligible to apply for opportunities available within Charterhouse at that time. |
| How competitive is te@ch? |
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TE@CH is intentionally selective. Each year we expect to appoint up to six graduates, allowing every participant to benefit from significant investment, mentoring and individual support. |