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Phil_b · Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 239 Location: Back in London

Employment law re: Immigration has just got tougher - it is the employers responsibility to check all their employees right to work in the UK and they are liable to a fine of �10,000 per illegal employee...

Teaching would come under Tier 2 of the new points based scheme - which means that you would need a job offer to be able to get a work permit - details can be found here http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/points/ and herehttp://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/workpermits/workpermitarrangements/businessandcommercialworkpermits/

For Secondary school teaching - US qualifications can be recognised through the Overseas Trained Teacher programme - details here http://www.tda.gov.uk/Recruit/thetrainingprocess/typesofcourse/ottp.aspx?keywords=overseas+teacher

How realistic it is probably depends on what subject you teach - ESOL probably isn't going to help you, if you can teach science on the other hand....

SueH · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 1022 Location: Northern Italy

Thanks BELS and Phil: has anyone noticed improved pay as a result? As my main income is in Sterling and I live in the eurozone I may well do a summer school this year. Sad

I have had a CRB in the past but never for a summer school, and bearing in mind one or two summer school colleagues I can only regard this requirement as a good thing!

BELS · Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 402 Location: Moscow

Ouch! No. Embassy CES income looks as miserable as ever, with deductions from income accomadation and holiday pay. I thought that those kind of miserly tactics were illegal in Britain.

Try a vacancy search in tefl.com and you'll get some idea of what they are offering. Even so, much more than what Moscow schools offer here.

It's also a good idea to read up the forum here, on the UK section. It doesn't look very positive there, however we Brits are well known for being a bunch of moaning minnies in our own country, and we're never satisfied.

BELS · Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 402 Location: Moscow

You have a CRB check in the UK whenever you are employed to work with children. Those checks are much more thorough than your normal police check for immigration purposes, so any form of violence to a women or children, whether prosecuted or not may prevent you from working with children. They got even more thorough in this investigation from the time a school caretaker murdered two children in his house provided by the school within the school premises.

I had a CRB check just to voluntaraly coach young children football for a local Saturday Junior league. I needed to go for a special training course, which involved coaching techniques, first aid and of course CRB check. I received a special identity card, of which junior foootball could not accept me as a coach without this card.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Bumping the thread back to the top for benefit of a new poster...

Phil_b · Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 239 Location: Back in London

Just found this article...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7383493.stm it does seem that they're starting to step up attempts to stop people working without papers... It'll be interesting if it's just for dark people from poor countries or whether they'll start rounding up Aussies, Kiwis etc...

Kootvela · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 513 Location: Lithuania

BELS · Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 402 Location: Moscow