Supporting Your Move to the UK
Welcome to the UK
We know that traveling overseas can be daunting, more over, relocating overseas to live and work. At TRaC Education we want to help you make your move as soon and as smooth as possible. We have put together some crucial information that will help you cushion your arrival to the UK.
Accommodation
Finding the right place to live is very crucial. This can be a very daunting process. Below is some tips and advice on why it shouldn't be something holding you back.
Planning to live on your own?
Living on you own can be costly than sharing a house with others. This is however very good if you like your own space. You’re more likely to find such properties through estate agencies. You will normally pay at least a month's deposit and potentially a month’s rent in advance.
Some sites you can check:
- Zoopla
- Right Move
- Your Move
Looking to share a house?
Sharing a house can be more economical. If you are looking for house share that is already set up, there are a number of very useful websites where you can search for your specific area and needs, such as costs etc.
These sites include:
- Spare Room
- Gumtree
- Easy Room Mate
Checking Your Documents
Checks you will need in order to work in theUK?
• Candidate Interview/Registration
• Verified 5 Year Career History
• Enhanced DBS Certificate
• Overseas Police Checks (from every country in which you have spent more than 6 months in the past 5 years)
• Identity checks
• Referencing (minimum of two professional references)
• Proof of address check
• Change of name check (where applicable)
• Qualification check (including ENIC Check where applicable)
• Right to Work check
• Medical fitness to work check
• Childcare Disqualification Form (where applicable)
DBS
The DBS is a non-departmental public body of the Home Office of the United Kingdom. They look at an individual’s record and scan for spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings. As a teacher, it is a legal requirement to obtain a DBS check before entering school grounds.TRaC Education can help you through the process of getting your UK DBS. This can be started before you arrive in the UK. The first step is to get in touch with one of our team and we can talk you through exactly what you need to do to get started.
There are 3 different types of checks available, the one you will need to work in schools is the Enhanced DBS Check.
Your Statement of Comparability from ENIC
ENIC (European Network of Information Centres - formerly NARIC) provide information and advice on qualifications. This is where you will be able to obtain a 'Statement of Comparability', which in essence is to show that the qualifications you hold are comparable in the UK.
You require a 'Statement of Comparability' if you are not eligible to apply for Automatic QTS. If you were trained in Ghana, Jamaica, South Africa, or another country that is not in the EEA, then it is that you would require a Statement of Comparability. Also if you are trained elsewhere have not completed any required period of induction to be a fully qualified teacher there.
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Finance
There are different teacher pay-scales in England. These are; England, fringe of London, outer London, and Inner London. London has slightly higher salaries. This means that your salary could be different depending on where you work, so this is something to consider when selecting your school.