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The case you have to make internally.
You are not short of things to put in front of your sixth form. You are short of things that take almost nothing from your staff, sit properly inside an enrichment programme, and leave the student holding something an outside body has certified. This page sets out what this qualification does, what it does not do, and what it will actually cost you in time.
Why this one lands when other enrichment does not.
It is a planned activity, not a club
The Department for Education is explicit that enrichment should be designed into a study programme rather than added around the edges. Its guidance tells providers that colleges should make enrichment a planned part of study programmes, and that any study programme of 150 hours or more must include non qualification activity intended to develop character, broader skills, attitudes and confidence.
Source: DfE, 16 to 19 study programmes guidance 2026 to 2027
It gives the personal statement something to hold
The statement is now three questions inside one 4,000 character limit, with a minimum of 350 characters per answer. A student who has planned lessons, learned how English grammar is actually taught and been assessed on it has concrete material for the questions about preparation and relevant experience, rather than a claim about being a people person.
Source: UCAS, writing your personal statement for 2026 entry onwards
It is worth something the day they turn eighteen
Most sixth form enrichment stops being useful the moment school ends. This does not. The certificate is what an online platform, a summer language school or a British Council assistantship will ask to see, and it stays valid. The student pages are honest about the age and degree rules that go with each of those, so nobody is sold a false promise.
The honest position on UCAS points
We will not tell you this course carries UCAS Tariff points, because it does not. The Tariff only covers Level 3 qualifications, and while some Level 3 TEFL certificates do appear in the official tables, the 120 hour course we deliver to schools is not one of the listed entries. Anyone quoting you a points figure for a course like this one should be asked which QAN it corresponds to.
The stronger claim is the one selective universities actually respond to. Cambridge draws a firm line between super curricular work, which relates to the subject applied for, and extra curricular activity, which it states will not be taken into consideration. Exeter says extra curricular achievements will not usually confer any special weight. For a student applying for education, languages, linguistics, English, international relations or psychology, a teaching qualification is squarely super curricular. That is how it should be positioned in a reference, and how we position it on the student pages.
Sources: UCAS Tariff calculator · UCAS 2026 Tariff tables · Cambridge, improve your application · Exeter admissions policy
The language inspectors use, and where this fits it.
We are not going to claim a course makes an inspection go well. What we can do is show you the wording, so you can decide for yourself whether this belongs in your evidence.
Leadership must ensure that pupils above compulsory school age experience a programme of activities which is appropriate to their needs.
All pupils should access a good range and choice of activities outside teaching time.
Providing them with enrichment activities and opportunities to be active during the school day.
These activities should help students gain experience they can include in their CVs and personal statements.
One point of accuracy while we are here. The word enrichment appears in Ofsted's independent schools toolkit for use from September 2026. It does not appear in the education inspection framework itself. If you are quoting either document internally, quote the one that says what you need it to say.
One member of staff. No teaching. No marking.
The course is delivered entirely by us, online, with a tutor attached to every student. Your side of it is administrative and it is small. This is the honest shape of it.
Once, at the start
Register the cohort, issue access codes, and send one email home explaining what the course is and how long it takes. That is the whole setup.
Per week, on the dashboard
You can see who has started, who has stalled and who has finished which module. It reads like a mark book and takes about as long to scan.
Nudges per half term
Every cohort has a handful who go quiet in the middle third. The dashboard tells you exactly who, before it becomes a completion problem.
Hours of teaching or marking
There is no scheme of work for you to write and no assessment for you to mark. Each module ends in a quiz that we set, mark and allow retakes on.
Pick the shape that fits your week, not ours.
The timetabled enrichment slot
One protected hour a week in Year 12 from September. Twenty six weeks covers a quarter of the course in school and leaves the rest at home, which works out at three or four hours a week of independent study.
Best for whole cohort delivery where completion matters and you want it finished before the UCAS cycle.
The post exam block
Launched in the dead weeks after GCSEs or after the A level papers, when students are still on site with nothing timetabled. It will not all fit before the holidays, and it does not need to. Six months of access means the summer carries the rest.
Best for turning the summer term into something with an outcome, and for Year 11 students moving into your sixth form.
The self selecting group
Advertised, opted into, no timetable slot at all. Completion rates are highest here because the students chose it, but numbers are smaller and the group needs a visible finish line to keep momentum.
Best for a first year, or a school that wants to prove the idea before committing a cohort.
What arrives with the licence.
The question your bursar will ask.
The course is externally accredited by the Online Teaching Course Accreditation Committee, a UK based accreditor of online courses. It is also CPD accredited, carrying 120 CPD credits from The CPD Group and listed publicly on The CPD Register as activity 1017737, current until April 2028. The TEFL Institute is a Highfield Approved Centre, number 21335, and holds DEAC AQC recognition. Those sit at company level and cover other courses in our range rather than this one, and we will not imply otherwise. Any employer, anywhere, can write to us and have a certificate confirmed. That verification route matters more than schools expect, because it is the difference between a certificate and a PDF.
The TEFL Institute is one of Europe's largest TEFL trainers by teachers certified. Founded in 2017, we have certified over 161,000 teachers who have gone on to teach in 80 countries.
On safeguarding and data
Delivery is online and asynchronous. Students work through recorded modules and written material at their own pace. Tutor contact is through the platform and the weekly group question session, not one to one video with a stranger.
We will send your DPO the data processing detail and the platform's safeguarding position in writing before you commit to anything. Ask for it at the enquiry stage rather than after.
If you are a US high school
Read Year 12 and Year 13 as junior and senior year. The 120 guided learning hours fit inside a single semester on block scheduling, a daily advisory period or an after school club, and delivery is online so the school calendar and the time zone do not matter.
It does not carry US high school credit, Carnegie units or AP or IB points. Districts that want it on a transcript list it as an elective or enrichment at their own discretion, and we will send your curriculum office the specification so they can make that call. More for US schools.
Priced by cohort, quoted in writing.
Pricing is tiered and we publish it, because you should not have to sit through a call to find out whether this is affordable. The per student figure falls as the cohort grows. Above fifty students we price the group individually rather than run it off a table.
| Cohort size | Per student |
|---|---|
| 5 to 14 students | £95 |
| 15 to 29 students | £75 |
| 30 to 49 students | £55 |
| 50 or more | Priced individually |
Prices exclude VAT where it applies. We invoice in pounds sterling and can show the same figures in euro or dollars. Whatever the calculator says is what the written quote says.
Work out your cohort on the calculatorWorth asking for at the enquiry stage
- A written quote for your actual cohort size
- The data processing information for your DPO
- A sample of the progress dashboard
- The module by module breakdown of the 120 hours
- A short pilot with a self selecting group
The enrichment briefing, once a month
Period six is where enrichment usually ends up, so that is where we put the newsletter. One email on the first Tuesday of the month for heads of sixth form, enrichment and careers leads, and heads of department. Nothing in August, because nobody is in.
- What other sixth forms are actually running, and how they fit it into a week
- UCAS and personal statements, including what changed this cycle
- Inspection and framework wording worth quoting in your own evidence
- Dates and deadlines, far enough ahead to still be useful
Hello, I am Chloe. Most of my week is spent talking to enrichment and careers leads who are trying to fill a slot with something that will still count for a student in March. Period Six came out of those conversations. One email a month, nothing padded out to fill space, and I read every reply that comes back.
Chloe, Global Partnerships, The TEFL Institute
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Start with a conversation, not a form.
Tell us your year group, your rough numbers and the slot you think you could protect. We will come back with a written quote and an honest view on whether the shape you have in mind will actually finish.
Chloe's name, direct line, photograph and a line about her role go here once the page is signed off. Leaving it generic for the preview.
