Xavier Teach SouthEast (Surrey)

What Xavier Teach SouthEast (Surrey) does

Xavier Teach SouthEast is a School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) provider based in Chertsey, Surrey, operating within the Xavier Catholic Education Trust. It delivers Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) programmes across primary and secondary phases through seven regional hubs covering Surrey, Sussex, London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Hampshire, supported by a network of more than 300 partner schools. The provider received an Ofsted 'Outstanding' grade in February 2023 across all categories and both phases, and was selected as one of only eight UK providers to deliver the pilot Teacher Degree Apprenticeship from September 2025. The organisation extends its offering beyond initial training into the Early Career Framework (450+ ECTs across 300+ schools), National Professional Qualifications, End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) services, and Director-led consultancy.

The underlying service is a curriculum that combines General Professional Studies and Subject Studies, delivered by current practitioners across school-led placements, with an optional PGCE pathway provided in partnership with the University of Sussex (60 Master's-level credits). The core technology is non-proprietary: a website (teachsoutheast.co.uk) with a Fast Apply form, routing through the DfE Apply portal under provider code 2EW, plus an exclusive employment partnership with Eteach for graduate job placement. Differentiation rests on regulatory standing (Ofsted Outstanding), the size of the partner-school network, and pastoral-care credentials (Carnegie Centre of Excellence Mental Health Award, Silver status — the first awarded to an ITE partnership).

Xavier Teach SouthEast generates revenue across multiple fee-based routes: fee-paying tuition for QTS (£8,790 full-time / £12,225 part-time) and QTS+PGCE (£9,790); salaried placements paid by schools (£8,790); teacher apprenticeships funded via the apprenticeship levy (£9,000); a streamlined Assessment Only route for experienced unqualified teachers (£2,835); EPAO services for apprentices; and consultancy at £550/day. The customer base is split between individual fee-paying trainees (62% of the current cohort are career changers), schools paying salaries or apprenticeship levies, and institutions sourcing ECF/NPQ delivery. Distribution combines direct application through DfE Apply, partnership-school referrals, regional recruitment events, and an undergraduate internship programme that funnels potential trainees into the SCITT pipeline.

Name

Xavier Teach SouthEast (Surrey)

Legal name

Xavier Teach SouthEast

Website

https://teachsoutheast.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Xavier Teach SouthEast is a Surrey-based School-Centred Initial Teacher Training provider within the Xavier Catholic Education Trust, delivering QTS and PGCE programmes across seven regional hubs and 300+ partner schools in southern England. It serves fee-paying trainees, salaried apprentices, and partner schools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Initial Teacher Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Alternative Teacher Certification & Licensure Programs (EDAHAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Secondary & Subject-Area Teacher Preparation Programs (STEM, Humanities, etc.) (EDAHAFAH), Early Childhood & Elementary Teacher Preparation Programs (EDAHAFAG), Special Education Teacher Preparation Programs (EDAHAFAF)

Keywords

• Initial teacher training
• School-led ITT
• Qualified teacher status
• Teacher training provider
• PGCE programmes

Headquarters

HQ city

Chertsey

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Fee-Paying Tuition Routes: Trainees pay tuition fees for QTS only or QTS with PGCE programmes. Fees vary by route and intensity (full-time vs part-time). Government bursaries available for certain subjects.
2. Salaried Route: Employing schools pay trainee salaries (UQ1 on teacher pay scale) and potentially programme fees. Salaried trainees work towards QTS while employed.
3. Teacher Apprenticeships: Schools use apprenticeship levy funding. Apprentice receives salary (UQ1) while training. QTS only route costs £9,000 covered by school levy.
4. Assessment Only: Stream-lined 12-week programme for experienced unqualified teachers to gain QTS. Fee of £2,835 negotiated between candidate and sponsoring school.
5. EPAO Services: End Point Assessment Organisation services for apprentices. Fees agreed during initial discussions dependent on location and numbers. Includes lesson observation, professional discussion and EPA report.
6. Consultancy Services: Director Amy Harper provides external moderation, strategy and development, Ofsted support and preparation, and key-note lectures. Costing based on £550 per day.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Xavier Teach SouthEast is a school-led Initial Teacher Training (ITT) provider delivering Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) programmes across Surrey, Sussex, London and Berkshire through seven regional hubs. It offers multiple training routes including Fee-Paying (with optional PGCE), Salaried, Apprenticeship, and Assessment Only, plus Primary and Secondary teacher training with a SEND specialist pathway, alongside Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications for ongoing teacher development.

Product overview

Xavier Teach SouthEast is an Initial Teacher Training (ITT) provider operating across Surrey, Sussex, London, and Berkshire through seven regional hubs. The core offering comprises school-led ITT programmes delivering Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) through multiple routes: Fee-Paying (with optional PGCE via University of Sussex partnership), Salaried, Apprenticeships, and Assessment Only. The provider offers Primary and Secondary teacher training programmes with specialist SEND pathway enhancement, alongside undergraduate internship opportunities. As a Teaching School Hub, Xavier Teach SouthEast provides career-long professional development including the Early Career Framework, National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), and employment support through Eteach partnership. Additional services include End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) services for apprentices and consultancy in external moderation, strategy, and Ofsted preparation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fee-Paying Route (QTS with PGCE)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% employment rate for trainees
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of SussexcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership delivering PGCE programme (60 Master level credits) and Teacher Degree Apprenticeship (BA Hons Mathematics Education with QTS). University provides academic validation and campus-based mathematics lectures for TDA programme.
• EteachcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExclusive partnership providing employment support and job opportunities for all trainees. Enables 100% employment rate for graduates.
• Teach FirstcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Early Career Framework delivery. Xavier ECTs and mentors engage with online self-study, school-based professional discussion and centralised seminars.
• Now TeachminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFree network supporting career changers considering teaching. Additional support resource for career changer candidates.
• Maternity Teacher Paternity Teacher ProjectminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCharity partnership supporting parent-trainees through training year and into teaching. Hosts workshops and provides 1:1 coaching for parent-trainees.
• Xavier Teaching School HubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Xavier Catholic Education Trust. Provides career-long professional development from ITT through to NPQs and headship. Supports transition from ITT to Early Career Framework.
• St Polycarp's Educational PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for primary ITT delivery in Farnham and surrounding area. All trainees recruited by St Polycarp's and Xavier Teach SouthEast Surrey train together at St Joseph's in Guildford.
• St Philip Howard (Sussex)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLead school for Teach SouthEast Sussex hub delivering primary and secondary ITT in Bognor Regis area.
• St John Bosco College, BatterseacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLead school for SJBC London hub delivering secondary ITT in South West London.
• St Thomas' Catholic Academies Trust (STCAT)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLead trust for Berkshire, Buckingham, Luton, Central Bedfordshire and Slough delivering primary ITT.
• Surrey Downs PartnershipcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLed by Ashcombe School in Dorking, recruiting in surrounding area including Reigate and Oxted for secondary ITT.
• Borromeo Training HubcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSixth Form (FE) school-led ITT for salaried/apprentice applicants across Sixth Form Colleges in London. Subjects include Business studies, Economics, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Health and Social Care, IT and Computer Science.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• National Institute of Teaching: DfE-designated national ITT provider launched in 2021 with strong apprenticeship and ECF focus. Overlaps Xavier on apprenticeship-route ITT (TDA), postgraduate training and post-ITT career frameworks.
• Ambition Institute: Provider of teacher development programmes including ECF, NPQs and ITT, with overlapping post-ITT revenue streams. Particularly comparable on the NPQ and ECF delivery side of Xavier's Teaching School Hub portfolio.

Regional players

• Surrey Plus SCITT: Surrey-based school-centred ITT provider offering primary and secondary training routes in the same county as Xavier Teach SouthEast's Surrey hub - the most direct local competitor for placement schools and trainee applications.
• Teach Kent and Medway: Regional school-led SCITT covering a comparable South East geography with multiple training routes and hub-based delivery. Closest geographic analogue to Xavier's regional operating model.

Direct peers

• Harris Initial Teacher Education: Academy trust-operated ITT provider delivering fee-paying, salaried and apprenticeship routes across multiple UK regions via a hub model. Most directly comparable to Xavier's multi-hub, multi-route, MAT-anchored delivery.
• Ark Teacher Training: School-led ITT provider within the Ark multi-academy trust, offering salaried, apprenticeship and fee-paying routes into teaching. Highly comparable programme structure and target customer (aspiring teachers seeking school-embedded training).
• Teach First: Largest UK graduate and career-changer ITT provider, offering salaried and fee-paying routes with regional hub delivery. Directly comparable to Xavier Teach SouthEast's mission, cohort profile (62% career changers at Xavier mirrors Teach First's profile) and school-led training model.
• Now Teach: UK charity specifically focused on recruiting and supporting career changers into teaching - the same primary persona Xavier Teach SouthEast explicitly targets (62% of current cohort) and one of Xavier's named GTM partners.

Broad incumbents

• UCL Institute of Education: Largest UK provider of teacher training via university-led PGCE routes, with national reach and a broad education portfolio. Comparable as an alternative ITT route for the same prospective teacher cohort.
• University of Sussex (PGCE): Academic partner delivering the 60-credit PGCE component of Xavier's programmes; simultaneously a competitor offering the university-led PGCE route into the same South East teacher market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teachsoutheast

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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