About BISE

Buckingham International School of Education (BISE) is the sole partner for the University of Buckingham, Faculty of Education outside the UK. 

We support the University of Buckingham to provide high-quality online teacher training and education programmes for teachers and school leaders living and working internationally. 

Together, we are on a mission to improve global teaching and leadership in schools. The Faculty of Education at the University of Buckingham was founded in 2002. With over 1,300 teachers and school leaders studying there in any one year, the Faculty of Education is one of Britain’s leading providers of teacher training and professional development. The Faculty of Education is led by Professor Barnaby Lenon CBE. He and his team have a wealth of experience globally to offer schools and individual trainees.

BISE in collaboration with the University of Buckingham provides a range of options for teachers based outside the UK:

• The PGCE for International Trainees is suitable for new entrants to the profession as well as those seeking to diversify their pedagogical skills. It is shaped around the acclaimed PGCE used by leading independent schools in the UK and delivered fully online. This is a demanding course but has been proven globally to improve the quality of a trainee’s teaching with a full programme of practice, observation, mentoring, reflection and academic study.
• The International Qualified Teacher Status (iQTS) offers teachers based in schools outside the UK, who have not undergone a period of formal training the opportunity to participate in a structured programme of professional development leading to a teaching qualification. The iQTS is automatically converted into the standard QTS by the UK Government. The University of Buckingham is one of a small number of universities granted permission by the UK government to offer the iQTS course to teachers outside the UK, from September 2023. 
• BISE also provides an opportunity to gain the UK’s Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) via an Assessment Only route. This builds seamlessly from the University of Buckingham PGCE course as the next step in the career progression for those candidates who meet the criteria set out by the UK Department for Education.
• There is also a full series of MA degree courses and Postgraduate Certificates on offer – Masters in Education, in Residential Education, in Educational Leadership and Management, as well as a certificate in inclusive educational leadership. 

For further details, please contact [email protected]