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Career Coach
Annual Openings:
25
Current employment:
646
Median Earnings:
£37,121.00
Educational requirements:
Honours, Bachelor's degree
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Teacher of English as a Foreign Language by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 9.58% |
25-34 years: | 22.18% |
35-44 years: | 23.55% |
45-54 years: | 16.11% |
55-64 years: | 25.83% |
65+ years: | 2.72% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Teacher of English as a Foreign Language by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £15,634 |
25%: | £26,545 |
50%: | £37,121 |
75%: | £46,026 |
90%: | £55,279 |
Core tasks
- Organises students' participation in cultural activities and social events.
- Sets and marks tests and gives feedback on student's performance.
- Encourages conversations in English to improve students confidence and understanding.
- Plans and prepares language lessons and materials.
- Teaches English as a foreign language and assists in the tuition of foreign languages.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.
Level | % |
Level 2: | 1.42% |
Level 3: | 1.18% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 5.81% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 51.57% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 38.90% |
Level 8 (Doctorate): | 1.11% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Teacher of English as a Foreign Language by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 626 |
2023: | 640 |
2024: | 646 |
2025: | 652 |
2026: | 658 |
2027: | 663 |
2028: | 667 |
2029: | 669 |
2030: | 671 |
2031: | 672 |
2032: | 673 |
2033: | 674 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Teacher of English as a Foreign Language by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £12.96 |
25%: | £16.57 |
50%: | £19.78 |
75%: | £23.72 |
90%: | £28.19 |
Knowledge
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
Skills
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.
Male | 26.15% |
Female | 73.84% |
Annual Openings:
210
Current employment:
5052
Median Earnings:
£18,601.00
Educational requirements:
Honours, Bachelor's degree
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Teaching Professional by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 10.18% |
25-34 years: | 25.14% |
35-44 years: | 24.57% |
45-54 years: | 20.91% |
55-64 years: | 15.65% |
65+ years: | 3.52% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Teaching Professional by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £7,070 |
25%: | £7,354 |
50%: | £18,601 |
75%: | £29,470 |
90%: | £45,488 |
Core tasks
- Provides private academic, vocational and other instruction to individuals or groups.
- Manages/owns and teaches in private drama, music and dancing schools, training centres and similar establishments.
- Designs and implements methods of assessing the performance of students, co-ordinates and undertakes the evaluation of assessments and awards grades of merit based upon performance.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Teaching Professional.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 0.21% |
Level 1: | 0.94% |
Level 2: | 1.81% |
Level 3: | 4.74% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 4.41% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 40.66% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 45.51% |
Level 8 (Doctorate): | 1.72% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Teaching Professional by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 4900 |
2023: | 4978 |
2024: | 5052 |
2025: | 5118 |
2026: | 5170 |
2027: | 5214 |
2028: | 5252 |
2029: | 5276 |
2030: | 5291 |
2031: | 5302 |
2032: | 5309 |
2033: | 5315 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Teaching Professional by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £10.83 |
25%: | £13.04 |
50%: | £16.69 |
75%: | £20.98 |
90%: | £23.78 |
Knowledge
Skills
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Teaching Professional.
Male | 28.43% |
Female | 71.56% |
Annual Openings:
96
Current employment:
2597
Median Earnings:
£19,202.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Teaching Assistant by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 9.36% |
25-34 years: | 15.2% |
35-44 years: | 19.94% |
45-54 years: | 29.89% |
55-64 years: | 22.9% |
65+ years: | 2.68% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Teaching Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £9,904 |
25%: | £14,669 |
50%: | £19,202 |
75%: | £23,036 |
90%: | £27,234 |
Core tasks
- Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.
- Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children’s work.
- Assists children with washing or dressing for outdoor and similar activities.
- Listens to children read, reads to them or tells stories.
- Looks after lesson materials such as paper, pencils and crayons.
- Assists teacher with preparation or clearing up of classroom.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Teaching Assistant.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 3.17% |
Level 1: | 2.37% |
Level 2: | 23.03% |
Level 3: | 28.81% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 12.53% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 24.53% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 3.94% |
Level 8 (Doctorate): | 1.63% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Teaching Assistant by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 2599 |
2023: | 2585 |
2024: | 2597 |
2025: | 2602 |
2026: | 2606 |
2027: | 2610 |
2028: | 2613 |
2029: | 2615 |
2030: | 2616 |
2031: | 2617 |
2032: | 2618 |
2033: | 2618 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Teaching Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.5 |
25%: | £12.02 |
50%: | £13.04 |
75%: | £14.54 |
90%: | £17.38 |
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Skills
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Teaching Assistant.
Male | 9.04% |
Female | 90.95% |



Reasons to join us at Barnsley College
1) Extensive Real-World Experience: A large portion of your time is spent on placement, providing practical, hands-on experience to prepare you for a successful career in education.
2) Diverse Career Opportunities: The courses equip you for roles in a variety of educational settings, including Further Education colleges, Sixth Form colleges, and community learning environments.
3) Flexible Learning and High Satisfaction: Both full-time and part-time study options are available, and the College achieved an impressive 90.38% student satisfaction score in the 2022/23 National Student Survey.
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My tutors provide valued support and challenges, which help me reach my full potential. My favourite part of the course is teaching ESports because it fills me with pride when I see students improving and gaining skills and knowledge."