2. Application
The application windows in early 2025 are as follows:
| Application Window |
Hear by Date |
Interview Period |
Assume Duty |
NIE |
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
26 Dec 2024 to 15 Jan 2025 |
From 15 Jan 2025 |
Jan 2025 to Mar 2025 |
23 Jun 2025 or 14 Jul 2025 |
- Non-PE: Dec 2025
- PE: Jul 2026
|
Feb 2025
4 Feb to 24 Feb 2025 |
From 18 Feb 2025 |
Feb 2025 to Mar 2025 |
23 Jun 2025 or 14 Jul 2025
|
- Non-PE: Dec 2025
- PE: Jul 2026
|
Note: Details regarding potential dates of subsequent application windows for 2025 will be updated by Mar 2025. To be informed of the next application window, please sign up for our
mailing list.
You may also click directly on the application windows below to find out more:
KEY DATES
26 Dec 2024 to 15 Jan 2025
Application
Submit your application via Careers@Gov by 11pm of the window’s closing date. Please apply with complete information and your latest transcript to avoid delays in processing.
Applications submitted outside the application windows will be processed together with other applications received in the following window.
To help us process applications smoothly, the following applicants should apply by:
| Applicants interested to teach PE |
You are strongly encouraged to apply by 8 Jan 2025 so that we can process your applications for the Physical Proficiency Test and interview. |
| Final-year students (University programmes) |
You should submit your applications within the first two weeks of the application window opening.
You are strongly encouraged to apply early in your final year. |
| Fresh graduates (University programmes) |
You should submit your applications within the first two weeks of the application window opening.
You may apply to us during any of the application window openings.
|
| Mid-career applicants (Degree holders & above) |
We welcome mid-career individuals who are keen to pursue a teaching career to apply to us during any of the application window openings.
If you are successful in your application, we will discuss on the earliest possible date of your assumption of duty based on your unique circumstances.
|
Interview period
We will contact all applicants within 4 weeks of the application window closing. If you are among our earliest shortlisted candidates, you could hear from us earliest from 15 Jan 2025 onwards about your interview date. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will take time to notify all shortlisted candidates.
Earliest possible Compulsory Contract Teaching Stint start date
If your teaching stint starts in Jun / Jul 2025, you will receive the Letter of Offer earliest from 7 Mar 2025 onwards.
Earliest possible NIE intake
- Non-PE: December 2025
- PE: July 2026
KEY DATES
4 Feb 2025 to 24 Feb 2025
Application
Submit your application via Careers@Gov by 11pm of the window’s closing date. Please apply with complete information and your latest transcript to avoid delays in processing.
Applications submitted outside the application windows will be processed together with other applications received in the following window.
To help us process applications smoothly, the following applicants should apply by:
| Applicants interested to teach PE |
You are strongly encouraged to apply by 10 Feb 2025 so that we can process your applications for the Physical Proficiency Test and interview. |
| Final-year students (University programmes) |
You should submit your applications within the first two weeks of the application window opening.
You are strongly encouraged to apply early in your final year.
|
| Fresh graduates (University programmes) |
You should submit your applications within the first two weeks of the application window opening.
You may apply to us during any of the application window openings.
|
| Mid-career applicants (Degree holders & above) |
We welcome mid-career individuals who are keen to pursue a teaching career to apply to us during any of the application window openings.
If you are successful in your application, we will discuss on the earliest possible date of your assumption of duty based on your unique circumstances.
|
Interview period
We will contact all applicants within 4 weeks of the application window closing. If you are among our earliest shortlisted candidates, you could hear from us earliest from 18 Feb 2025 about your interview date. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will take time to notify all shortlisted candidates.
Earliest possible Compulsory Contract Teaching Stint start date
If your teaching stint starts in Jun / Jul 2025, you will receive the Letter of Offer from 25 Apr 2025 onwards.
Earliest possible NIE intake
- Non-PE: December 2025
- PE: July 2026
Please note that the timelines above are only indicative. We will advise you on your actual Assumption of Duty (AOD) date if shortlisted for employment. We seek your understanding and patience that the AOD date may change, as it is subjected to possible further assessments.
