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Helping potential teachers find a route into teaching
We want to meet the candidates’ needs to have tailored information to their circumstances so they can choose a route that’s right for them.
Get Into Teaching
12 February 2025
Improving the way we segment our users
Within our service we want to provide more personalised services to support people on their teaching journey.
Get Into Teaching
12 February 2025
Including further subject pages in the Explore subjects section
How and why we added further subject pages to the Explore subjects section, including combining similar subjects.
Get Into Teaching
10 February 2025
Updating our website footer to provide consistent help
We redesigned our footer component to include a consistent place to show contact details to users
Get Into Teaching
8 January 2025
Redesigning our live webchat
The Get Into Teaching website features a live chat service where users can speak to real people to find out more about becoming a teacher. As part of our adviser service/contact centre procurement we were able to implement a new webchat platform.
Get Into Teaching
8 January 2025
Using components in GitHub to make content updates easier
Find out how we improved efficiency for the content team by creating common content components in GitHub.
Get Into Teaching
4 December 2024
Redesigning the bursaries and scholarships page on Get Into Teaching
How we updated the bursaries and scholarships page to be more user-friendly.
Get Into Teaching
23 October 2024
Updating financial values on the Get Into Teaching website
How we designed a quick and easy way to update multiple financial values on the Get Into Teaching website.
Get Into Teaching
10 October 2024
Removing and repurposing the Get Into Teaching blog
How we removed and repurposed the blog to create more effective inspirational and relatable content for users.
Get Into Teaching
8 September 2024
Creating an inspirational content section
How we updated the Get Into Teaching website to direct users to inspirational content
Get Into Teaching
4 September 2024
Helping non-UK citizens find relevant content
We developed the gov.uk accordion component to signpost non-UK citizens to the right content.
Get Into Teaching
5 July 2024
Designing dropdown navigation
An overview of how we designed a new dropdown navigation.
Get Into Teaching
12 March 2024
Update landing pages for the 2024 campaign
The 2024 campaign provided us with a brand new collection of images, allowing us to refresh several paid search and social media landing pages.
Get Into Teaching
1 February 2024
Update imagery for the 2024 campaign
With a new collection of images available to us as part of the 2024 campaign, we were able to refresh various banners and components across the website.
Get Into Teaching
31 January 2024
Create a landing page for the BuzzFeed partnership
As part of the campaign launch, the content and partnerships team planned a partnership with BuzzFeed.
Get Into Teaching
31 January 2024
Updating brand messaging
Updating brand messaging and website content to align with the new creative campaign.
Get Into Teaching
29 January 2024
Update promo blocks
As a result of the recent brand colours update, we had to restyle a number of promo banners in order to fix various colour contrast issues.
Get Into Teaching
26 January 2024
Update brand colours
We recently updated the website colour palette in order to fix colour contrast issues following an accessbility audit.
Get Into Teaching
26 January 2024
Updating Is teaching right for me page
Updating Is teaching right for me page to a full category page.
Get Into Teaching
18 October 2023
Updating our salaries page
Updating our salaries page to better represent the average teacher pay.
Get Into Teaching
12 October 2023
Creating a salaried teacher training page
Creating a new salaried teacher training page to add to our fund your training section.
Get Into Teaching
12 October 2023
Creating a 'How to apply' section
Creating a new section for application guidance on the website.
Get Into Teaching
11 October 2023
Review the footer
The footer featured duplicated links from the primary navigation and was failing various accessibility checks.
Get Into Teaching
28 September 2023
Remove 'Events' from the primary navigation bar
As part of the larger task of restructuring the website, it was decided that ‘Events’ should be removed from the primary navigation.
Get Into Teaching
28 September 2023
Redesign the menu button and drop-down navigation
The current menu button is often missed by users, particularly on mobile. We therefore looked at ways to improve interaction with this component.
Get Into Teaching
27 September 2023
Update hero banners
Removing excess padding and reducing the height of hero banners sitewide in order to bring content further up the page.
Get Into Teaching
21 September 2023
Improve service proposition visibility
User research suggested the service proposition was being overlooked, so we sought to remedy that.
Get Into Teaching
22 August 2023
Update homepage modules
Various padding and spacing issues were pushing content further down the page.
Get Into Teaching
21 August 2023
Update 'teaching' logo background colour
Improving website usability, especially on mobile, where the green menu CTA could clash with the green logo.
Get Into Teaching
21 August 2023
Improving our application guidance
Creating new pages on personal statements and references and improving our existing application content.
Get Into Teaching
6 July 2023
Updating our promo module design
Trying to increase sign ups to our services by updating the design of our promo modules.
Get Into Teaching
4 July 2023
Extending the How to become a teacher a page
Iterating the How to become a teacher page, based on user insight.
Get Into Teaching
21 June 2023
Homepage update
How we made changes to our homepage to encourage mailing list sign ups.
Get Into Teaching
12 May 2023
Steps page redesign update
How we updated the website after doing user research to better understand what users expected from a steps page in terms of content and design.
Get Into Teaching
12 April 2023
Marketing landing pages
Creating a joined up experience from the marketing campaign to the Get Into Teaching website.
Get Into Teaching
5 February 2023
Changing how we talk about routes into teacher training
Why we updated the Train to be a teacher if you have a degree page so it reflected the content on the service Find postgraduate teacher training.
Get Into Teaching
10 January 2023
Events filters
Implementing the results of an A/B test on the events filters.
Get Into Teaching
16 June 2022
Talk to us module
Screenshots of how we merged the live chat and phone number in the contact promo.
Get Into Teaching
20 April 2022
Category pages
The first version of the category pages on the Get Into Teaching website.
Get Into Teaching
20 April 2022
Subject specific pages
The first iteration of subject pages on the Get Into Teaching website,
Get Into Teaching
13 January 2022
Welcome experience
Screenshots from the welcome experience on the Get Into Teaching website.
Get Into Teaching
7 December 2021
Website navigation updates
How we've updated the Get Into Teaching website navigation.
Get Into Teaching
9 July 2021
Migrating the blog to the Get Into Teaching website
Blog integration from another platform.
Get Into Teaching
8 July 2021
Adding the DfE logo to the website header
Why we added the DfE logo to the Get Into Teaching website header.
Get Into Teaching
31 March 2021
Adding a search function to the website
Examples of the Get Into Teaching website search function.
Get Into Teaching
31 March 2021
Steps page redesign
The redesign of the Steps to become a teacher page.
Get Into Teaching
31 March 2021
Child page titles
Change child page titles to be more like the homepage title and be more in step with broader branding.
Get Into Teaching
6 January 2021
Updates to the Ways to train page
Updates to the Ways to train page.
Get Into Teaching
6 January 2021
Improving call to actions and highlight page indicator
How we improved the website call to actions and highlight page indicator.
Get Into Teaching
8 December 2020
Events section
How we made the events section easier for users to use.
Get Into Teaching
25 November 2020
Beta week 1 updates
Design iterations after the first week in beta.
Get Into Teaching
9 November 2020
Alpha website designs
Final design iterations from the Alpha stage of the GIT site development.
Get Into Teaching
8 April 2020