Mandatory Qualifications for HI, VI and MSI Teachers - the MQ

All qualified teachers of HI, MSI and VI children and young people are required to hold a specialist Mandatory Qualification, often known as the MQ.
The UK government guidance on the mandatory qualification can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mandatory-qualifications-specialist-teachers

MQ Documents in the Document Library

The Mandatory Qualification also has its own section in the  NatSIP document library.  You can find the MQ section here.

Looking for training pathways information?

See the Training Pathways section of the Sensory Learning Hub.  You can find the TP section here.

Mandatory Qualification

Apprenticeship training course Teacher for the sensory impaired (level 7)

Mary Hare School now offers the Teacher for Sensory Impaired (QToD) Apprenticeship.

The mandatory qualification course providers in England, together with NatSIP, NDCS, View, BATOD, and RNIB, have been working with a small group of sensory professionals over the last six years to develop the Sensory Teachers (QTSI) apprenticeship. This Trailblazer Group has been led by Rory McDonnell (Kent County Council) and Tina Wakefield (for NDCS) and they are thanked for all their work. Information about the content of the Teacher of Sensory Impaired apprenticeship course, approved by Skills England, is available here: https://skillsengland.education.gov.uk/apprenticeships/st0966-v1-0

Mary Hare was part of the Trailblazer group and now is the first to be able to offer this opportunity to use the apprenticeship levy to fund the apprenticeship for a September 2025 start. 

Details about the government apprenticeship scheme will be found through this link:  https://findapprenticeshiptraining.apprenticeships.education.gov.uk/courses/738

Mary Hare combines years of experience of working with deaf young people with a unique training programme including blended learning, face-to-face delivery, online learning and 4 teaching weekends per year. Anyone interested in the Apprenticeship course is invited This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information and how to apply.