Auxi Benitez, from Paraguay, had been working as a Spanish language assistant in Leicester for three years before beginning the CILT GTP in 2006. After gaining QTS, she got a job as Spanish teacher at George Abbot School in Surrey, where she is now Spanish and Community Languages Coordinator.
“The GTP was an excellent option and I personally believe that it gave me all the tools I needed to excel in the classroom.”

Before doing the CILT GTP in 2008-09, Hervé Gunot, from Martinique, spent four years working as a teaching assistant in France and the UK. He heard about the CILT GTP from a careers advisor in London. After training at a CILT partnership school in Shrewsbury, he now teaches French and economics at Queen’s Park Community School, London. “The salary and the fact it was open to native speakers both influenced my decision to choose the CILT GTP”.

Julia Huh, from Germany, joined the 2009-10 CILT GTP after completing her university studies in Hamburg. She chose the programme because she wanted an employment based route, with plenty of classroom experience. She did her training year at Crofton School, Hampshire and now teaches German and Chinese at Rainham Mark Grammar School in Kent. “I would recommend the CILT GTP to ambitious, high-achieving and conscientious graduates that are pursuing a teaching career in the UK”.